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Erin and I took a cruise on Doubtful Sound (longest fiord in Fiordland National Park on the South Island of New Zealand). The weather was snow interspersed with hail interspersed with freezing rain interspersed with biblical winds. There were many impressive, long, threadlike waterfalls. This is one.
This Mushroom near our cabin pushed some rocks out of the way ! The Puhpowee Power of Mushrooms By Jay Rastogi, Naturalist / Educator here on the Yellowpoint.
A few months ago I came upon a new word. In and of itself, this isn't and extraordinary occurrence. but unlike other words, this one has stuck with me. Its not even a word from my language or one which I know has a synonym. This Anishinabbe word is puhpowee and refers to the force that causes Mushrooms to push up from the earth, An unseen energy, giving them the power to move soil, stones and even pavement.
This hydraulic pressure comes from the turgor pressure of the cells that make up the stalk of the mushroom. The cells of mushrooms also contain chitin, which when arranged the way it is in a mushrooms, makes the cell walls strong and confines the internal pressure in a vertical column. Chitin is the same material invertebrates (insects , Lobsters, etc) use for their exoskeletons. Its a tough material. The presence of chitin is in the fungal Kingdom and the animal kingdom but not in the plant kingdom is one bit of evidence that fungi and animals are more closely related to each other than to plants. This is not terribly relevant to most of us, but could it have implications for Vegetarians?
In addition, most mushrooms can sense gravity. many, if picked and placed on their side, will reorient their caps to be vertical. Ammonite species are fast at doing this.
The most common species people observe that move paving stones and ash fault are the Coprinus species (Ink Caps-Shaggy Mane). They grow on buried plant matter. It is indeed amazing that something so delicate and fragile to the touch can push through a few inches of ashphalt. The fruit of the Coprinus species are short lived. Within a day or two, they dissolve into a black watery mess called deliquescence. This phenomenon is what gives them the common name inky cap.
Mushrooms are the fruiting body of fungi, analogous to fruit on a tree. But keep in mind they are not closely related to plants. They do not photosynthesize. Instead, they make their living in a variety of ways. Some, like the Coprinus and Agaricus species are decomposers of plant matter and like to grow in compost piles, lawns and meadows.Some decompose animals. Others decompose dead trees and logs. Some grow on or in living trees. A large number grow under ground and are attached to the roots of living plants, in a relationship that benefits the plant and the fungus. The fungus passes minerals and water to the plants and gets the carbohydrates it needs from the plants. This allows the plants to grow in sub-optimal conditions, such as under the canopy or on dry hillsides. This group is called corrhizal and contains some of our most disirable edibles, such as chanterelles and pine mushrooms.
Western Science has, for the most part, had a mechanistic view of nature--looking at aspects of nature isolation (reductionism) in an effort to understand the whole by understanding the parts, like studying the puzzle pieces to understand the whole picture. The modern science of ecology, and certainly traditional Ecological Knowledge, sees the connection between things (living and non-living, but also processes) as essential. As John Muir put it "when we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe" Fungi illustrates this in a wonderful way. For most of the year, they are hidden, tiny threadlike filaments under the soil or in logs. But when presented with favourable moisture and temperatures, they fruit quickly and make their presence known. Puhpowee---emerging magically and making every fall walking the woods a new experience. Note: I learned the word puhpowee from Robin Kimmerer in her book: Braiding Sweetgrass--Indigenous wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the teaching of plants
Sinónimo: Strelitzia regalis Salisb.
Plantas herbáceas de 1-1,5 m de alto. Hojas de alrededor de 0,5 m de largo, enteras. Inflorescencia condensada y encerrada en una bráctea grande envainadora de 15-20 cm de largo, verde, con el margen anaranjado, flores protandras, floreciendo progresivamente, generalmente de una en una; sépalos de unos 12 cm de largo, amarillento-anaranjados, el central algo cimbiforme, los dos laterales conniventes formando un órgano sagitado de unos 6 cm de largo que encierra los estambres, el tercero reducido en un nectario; estilo generalmente más corto que los sépalos; estigmas filiformes. Fruto en cápsula trivalva, semillas negras con un conspicuo arilo anaranjado brillante. Especie nativa de Sudáfrica, en las provincias de El Cabo y KwaZulu-Natal. En iturraran se encuentra en las zonas 1 y 3.
Synonym: Strelitzia regalis Salisb.
Herbaceous plants 1-1.5 m high. Leaves about 0.5 m long, entire. Inflorescence condensed and enclosed in a large sheathing bract 15-20 cm long, green, with an orange margin, protandrous flowers, blooming progressively, generally one by one; sepals about 12 cm long, yellowish-orange, the central one somewhat cimbiform, the two lateral ones connivent, forming a sagitted organ about 6 cm long that encloses the stamens, the third reduced into a nectary; style generally shorter than sepals; threadlike stigmas. Fruit in trivalve capsule, black seeds with a conspicuous bright orange aril. Species native to South Africa, in the provinces of Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. In Iturraran it is found in areas 1 and 3.
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, SHRUBBY BUTTERWEED. Fewer than 12 ray flowers vs Ericameria linearifolia, INTERIOR GOLDENBUSH with 12 to 18. Threadlike leaves. Red Creek.
Spotted-winged Grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna (male, female)
Note 2 cuts (fissures) in lateral ridge of pronotum vs. 1 in O. speciosa. Antenna segments not flattened, so antennae threadlike. Trip leader David's observation/ID at:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/294265556
References
- Capinera et al. Field Guide to the Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. (Princeton Univ. Press, 2004), pp. 70-71, plate 5, fig. 5
- Capinera et al., Grasshoppers of Florida (University Press of Florida, 2002), pp. 54-55, plates 29-30
In bloom April 21, 2016. Bushes with abundant yellow flowers. 1 m in diameter. Small threadlike foliage. A round green mass topped with a yellow mass of flowers. Found in Titus Canyon, Death Vally in alluvial washes and against rock walls with alluvial gravels at base. Common.
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, SHRUBBY BUTTERWEED. Fewer than 12 ray flowers vs Ericameria linearifolia, INTERIOR GOLDENBUSH with 12 to 18. Threadlike leaves. Hill above Red Creek camp.
Cosmos bipinnatus, commonly called the garden cosmos or Mexican aster, is a medium-sized flowering herbaceous plant native to Mexico. The species and its varieties and cultivars are popular as an ornamental plant in temperate climate gardens. It can also be found in natural areas in much of North America, where it is a garden escape (introduced species) and in some habitats becoming a weed.
Cosmos bipinnatus is considered a half-hardy annual, although plants may reappear via self-sowing for several years. The plant height varies from 2–4 ft (0.61–1.2 m). The cultivated varieties appear in shades of pink and purple as well as white. Its foliage is finely cut into threadlike segments. When flowering, the plant can become top heavy. This problem is alleviated when grown in groups, as the bipinnate leaves interlock, and the colony supports itself.
One of the pieces from first firing of 2009! Special feature of this pot is the threadlike white line that appears between glaze and pot....total serendipity of the firing process!
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, SHRUBBY BUTTERWEED. Fewer than 12 ray flowers vs Ericameria linearifolia, INTERIOR GOLDENBUSH with 12 to 18. Threadlike leaves. Red Creek
I chanced upon this fly seemingly enjoying the softiness of some thistle down, (the threadlike hairs that propel the seeds in the wind).
3D closeup of curious threadlike feature on Compositional Calibration Target. Taken by Spirit September 26, 2005.
New York, after all these jaded years, continues to surprise. Here, on the West Side, is a road that I have driven hundreds of times. Yet here for the first time I find myself not in a car, instead wandering along the river in a threadlike park, and learning in the rusted structures lingering in the water a little bit about the history of the city.
EDIT: Do you ever revisit old images and see them differently? I do
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i really thought he was dead but after closer examination, i found the errors of my ways
Fair insect! that, with threadlike legs spread out,
And blood-extracting bill and filmy wing,
Dost murmur, as thou slowly sail'st about,
In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing,
And tell how little our large veins would bleed,
Would we but yield them to thy bitter need.
- William Cullen Bryant
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, SHRUBBY BUTTERWEED. Fewer than 12 ray flowers vs Ericameria linearifolia, INTERIOR GOLDENBUSH with 12 to 18. Threadlike leaves. Red Creek.
Taken in the wooded ravine area that lies to the northeast of the main parking lot.
After photographing the top of its pileus or cap—see Part 4 of this set—I picked up this Old Man of the Woods mushroom and lay it on the oak-leaf litter so that its pores were revealed. It’s that feature that distinguishes this species, Strobilomyces strobilaceus, and its fellow members of the Boletaceae (Bolete Family) from normal gilled mushrooms.
I did not collect this specimen, but in plucking it out of its tight confines under a fallen log I did give it a chance to spread its spores far and wide. And that’s a good thing, because Old Man boletes are mycorrhizal. In other words, they form mutualistic associations with the roots of oaks and other hardwood trees.
Let’s push the mycological terminology a bit further. S. strobilaceus is specifically ectomycorrhizal. That means that its hyphae or threadlike subterranean tissues grow around their host trees’ root hairs and form a jacket that both protects them from pathogens and dramatically increases their uptake of nutrients from the soil.
There are other fungi that enter into an even more intimate partnership with plants. These endomycorrhizal species actually penetrate directly into the roots’ cell walls to perform the same task. The plants get more needed substances from the soil and in turn the fungi are rewarded with sugars manufactured in the leaves.
In some mycorrhizal associations—in many orchid species, for example—the fungal component is so important that the plant can simply not live without it. That’s probably not the case in this oak forest. Nevertheless, the Old Man and other mushrooms found here do a great deal to increase the vigor and longevity of the trees.
This longstanding alliance between two organisms we foolishly think are utterly distinct and separate really makes me wonder. As does the bacterial flora in our own digestive systems that, we now know, are so crucial to our continued health. What one living thing is just one living thing? Are all singular pronouns an illusion? I am not just I. You are not just you. Rather, we are walking, talking, mega-member mutual-aid societies.
Alas, these societies are under attack from an array of industrial pollutants that are much more prevalent than we previously supposed. From alarming accumulations of microplastics in our brains to endocrine disruptors found wherever one looks for them on land in the ocean, we have done a magnificent job of poisoning ourselves and everyone else.
All that grimly noted, I intend in the time remaining before the toxins do me in to explore the mycorrhizal world much more deeply. My description above is a sketchy, filmy prelude to a subject of much more complexity. As I am discovering in the following:
Main Source Consulted for This Essay
- Smith, Sally E., and David J. Read. Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. 3rd ed. London: Academic Press, 2008.
To see the other photos and descriptions in this set, visit my my Integrative Natural History of Fairy Stone State Park album
Sinónimo: Strelitzia regalis Salisb.
Plantas herbáceas de 1-1,5 m de alto. Hojas de alrededor de 0,5 m de largo, enteras. Inflorescencia condensada y encerrada en una bráctea grande envainadora de 15-20 cm de largo, verde, con el margen anaranjado, flores protandras, floreciendo progresivamente, generalmente de una en una; sépalos de unos 12 cm de largo, amarillento-anaranjados, el central algo cimbiforme, los dos laterales conniventes formando un órgano sagitado de unos 6 cm de largo que encierra los estambres, el tercero reducido en un nectario; estilo generalmente más corto que los sépalos; estigmas filiformes. Fruto en cápsula trivalva, semillas negras con un conspicuo arilo anaranjado brillante. Especie nativa de Sudáfrica, en las provincias de El Cabo y KwaZulu-Natal. En iturraran se encuentra en las zonas 1 y 3.
Synonym: Strelitzia regalis Salisb.
Herbaceous plants 1-1.5 m high. Leaves about 0.5 m long, entire. Inflorescence condensed and enclosed in a large sheathing bract 15-20 cm long, green, with an orange margin, protandrous flowers, blooming progressively, generally one by one; sepals about 12 cm long, yellowish-orange, the central one somewhat cimbiform, the two lateral ones connivent, forming a sagitted organ about 6 cm long that encloses the stamens, the third reduced into a nectary; style generally shorter than sepals; threadlike stigmas. Fruit in trivalve capsule, black seeds with a conspicuous bright orange aril. Species native to South Africa, in the provinces of Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. In Iturraran it is found in areas 1 and 3.
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SWP series crushers are mainly used to recycle every kind of waste plastic, model160 and 320 are used to break a plastic film, knitting bag, thin and long fibre, threadlike thing, model 880 and 500Q are used to break the large plastic board and hollow vessel, model 400 and 630 are used to break a plastic window and door profile, model 500Z is used to break the big block and thick boards.
Uses and features:
1. The steel case, the cast steel knife carriage and the alloy knife with the ability to avoid caching ;
2. Stage cutting knife, increasing the crack capacity and efficiency;
3. Movable sieve, convenient to be assembled and disassemble easy to cleaned and colour-changed;
4. The feeding hopper with protecting switch, safe to the operator;
5. Special made super powerful cracker, especially for cracking super thick stuff.
The Parameter of SWP Series Crusher
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It is always interesting to me to see just what the cucumber plants will decide to grab. In this case, it wrapped itself around this tomato cage multiple times. These arms are called "tendrils", defined as "a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support." If I learned this word, I had forgotten it.
These photos are from the summer of 2013 when I was mostly confined to backyard photography after having arthroscopic hip surgery to repair my labrum.
Cast in resin or wax rather than pressed or preserved, this outsized bloom belongs to the plant corridor's small run of hyper-magnified flower models, built at a scale no living specimen could survive being handled at. The trumpet's interior runs from deep magenta at the throat to a pale blush near the flared lip, with slender stamens dangling on threadlike filaments, each capped with a swollen anther that reads almost insectile against the dark backdrop.
Models like this exist because certain flowers are simply too fragile, too seasonal, or too geographically remote to keep on permanent display as pressed or freeze-dried specimens. A hand-built replica solves that problem while allowing for a scale increase that pressed botany never could, turning a bloom that might span a few inches into something the size of a dinner plate, legible from across the hall.
Shooting straight into the throat of the trumpet, with the ambient gallery light falling steeply from one side, lets the gradient do the work: the pink deepens into shadow exactly where the actual anatomy would recede from view.
It is always interesting to me to see just what the cucumber plants will decide to grab. In this case, it wrapped itself around this tomato cage multiple times. These arms are called "tendrils", defined as "a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support." If I learned this word, I had forgotten it.
These photos are from the summer of 2013 when I was mostly confined to backyard photography after having arthroscopic hip surgery to repair my labrum.
Bat flower, Cairns Botanical Gardens.
Native to southern parts of Asia, bat flower (Tacca spp.) has shiny, bright green leaves. It blooms on a stem from the center of the plant, with a cluster of purple flowers in the center. Above these flowers are two bracts (leaves that resemble flower petals) that look like bat wings. Numerous threadlike bracteoles hang from the flowers resembling 8-10 inch long whiskers.
Most common is the black bat flower (Tacca chantrieri); its wing-like bracts are a deep purple. A more recently introduced species, white bat flower (Tacca integrifolia) has white "wings."
From bottom up with yellow anthers and threadlike black bifid styles. Marshy N shore Chilmark Pond at 312 South Road, Chilmark, MA 8/19/22
Cosmos bipinnatus (Asteraceae)
bright pink colored cosmos. Leaves are deeply dissected, almost threadlike in appearance.
2 to 3-feet high
Adult Sawflies resemble wasps, except that they have a stout "waist" instead of the threadlike waist of the true wasps and bees. Sawflies are commonly encountered as larvae feeding on the leaves of plants. Many Sawfly larvae look very much like caterpillars of Lepidoptera,
Did a little research to find out what this was. When the stems of the Spiderwort are cut, a viscous secretion is released which becomes threadlike and silky upon hardening. (like a spider's web) hence the common name. And that is your botanical lesson for the day:)
there's a lot of this stuff around a very select area of the yard. It kind of looks like a bunch of threadlike potato eyes stickin out of the ground. It's all starting to bud, like this example, so it's not quite so threadlike anymore.
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Russian Thistle is a nearly spherical annual herb. The threadlike leaves are spine-tipped. The dried plant breaks from its root and blows across the ground, dispersing seeds as it tumbles.
F stop: f/5.5
Exposure time: 1/400 sec
ISO: 80
Focal length: 23mm
Metering mode: Pattern
Here’s a detailed identification and description of the scene:
Foreground – Planter Bed
This large rectangular raised planter in front of the modern building contains several types of ornamental plants:
Tall, umbrella-headed stems (center and left):
Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
Identification: Long green stalks topped with radiating threadlike filaments forming tufted umbels. Gives a “firework” or “umbrella” effect.
Habitat: Native to wetlands; often used in water gardens and urban planters for dramatic vertical accents.
Bushy, finely divided green foliage (dominant mass in planter):
Likely Castor bean (Ricinus communis) in early foliage stage, or ornamental cosmos / similar feathery-leaved annuals.
The deeply cut, fernlike leaves give the planter lush density.
Trailing and ground-edge foliage (purple leaves):
Ornamental sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie’ or another purple cultivar).
Identification: Heart-shaped to lobed leaves, deep burgundy-purple color. Used for spilling over edges.
Other mixed ornamentals (front corners):
Smaller bedding plants add under-structure, though individual species aren’t clearly visible at this resolution. Likely a mix of annuals for filler.
Background – Building
Style: Modernist structure with horizontal metal fins/louvers across large dark-glass windows.
Purpose: The fins act as sunshades (brise-soleil), controlling glare and heat gain while giving the façade a sleek, layered look.
Setting: Elevated slightly above ground level, with shaded entry below, integrating landscaping directly against the façade.
Environment
Trees (left and right edges of frame): Large deciduous trees surrounding the building, showing this is a green urban park setting.
Design intent: The juxtaposition of wetland plants (papyrus) with modern architecture creates contrast: soft, natural textures against rigid steel lines.
Summary
The planter contains a bold composition: papyrus as the vertical “thriller,” lush green foliage plants as the filler, and purple sweet potato vine as the trailing spiller. This modern ornamental planting complements the sleek, horizontal-lined building façade behind it, blending natural softness with contemporary architecture.
any suggestions for ID of the tiny insect hovering behind this Gatekeeper?
Stewart Bevan Oedemeridae - Oedemera sp.
Oedemera is a genus of beetles of the family Oedemeridae, subfamily Oedemerinae.[1]
Description
Species in the genus Oedemera include slender, soft-bodied beetles of medium size, between 5 and 20 mm of length. Their colours may be bright and metallic (green, golden, copper), black and yellow and brown and black. The jaws are bifid at the apex, the last segment of maxillary palps is narrow and elongated, the antennae are long and threadlike. The elytra of most species are narrowed behind exposing part of the hind wings. The pronotum lacks lateral edges and is much narrower than elytra. The tibiae have two apical spines, in most species the hind femora of males are strongly dilated.
Biology and ecology
The species of the genus Oedemera feed on pollen and nectar and their body is covered with abundant pubescence on which pollen grains remain attached, thus contributing to pollination of the plants they frequent.
The species of the subgenus Oncomera fly at dusk and at night, visiting the flowers and inflorescences of aromatic shrubs and various plants (Clematis, Crataegus, Tilia, Quercus, etc.).
By contrast, the species of the subgenus Stenaxis and Oedemera s. str. are diurnal, flying in full sun in the middle of the day and visiting flowers of different families such as Asteraceae, Cistaceae, Apiaceae, etc..
Distribution
This genus includes about eighty species, distributed from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa to Kamchatka, Kuriles, Japan and Taiwan, with some species in North Eastern Region.
Glows in the dark! Quoting Wikipedia: " Panellus stipticus is one of the brightest-glowing bioluminescent mushrooms on Earth. These flat fungi, which look like a collection of tiny fans growing on sticks, are a dull shade of yellow-beige during the day, but they transform into dazzling decorations after dark. Bitter mushrooms, as they're commonly called, hail from the family Mycenaceae and genus Panellus, which it shares with other glowing fungi.
Although Panellus stipticus has a global distribution, only some strains of it—specifically, those growing in certain parts of North America—are bioluminescent. They glow from the gills and mycelia (internal threadlike hyphae), and most prominently during spore maturation."