On bottom of Asclepias syriaca leaf - only one small circular colony
host: Populus sp. (P. aff. nigra / P. aff. ×canadensis / cultivars)
200x and 800x magnifications. Fruiting bodies seemed to only form on the abaxial leaf surface of Quercus bicolor.
On decorticated hardwood.
Conidia with short and thin setulae 1-1.5um length. They look different from D. decipiens.
Conidia measure
*(3.5) 4.2 - 5.4 (6.5) × (1.4) 1.43 - 1.7 (2) µm
Q = (2.2) 2.6 - 3.5 (3.8) ; N = 26
Me = 4.7 × 1.6 µm ; Qe = 3
On Acer stump, tiny, dark grey in a dehydrated state, sessile apothecia with red subiculum. After rehydration 0.2-0.4mm in diameter.
Asci 8-spored, IKI- (checked twice), croziers(+).
Ascospores eguttulate, ciboroid to subfusiform, OCI=0-1, measure
(7.5) 7.6 - 9.1 (13.2) × (3.1) 3.3 - 3.69 (3.7) µm
Q = (2.2) 2.21 - 2.6 (3.6) ; N = 10
Me = 8.6 × 3.4 µm ; Qe = 2.5
Paraphyses filiform, without VBs, green. Ectal excipulum red.
Freshly grown apothecia dark green without red subiculum, but still with red ectal excipulum only at the base. Paraphyses branched at the base and in the middle with apex enlarge with some globose VBs.
Black discs
Underlying crust fungus unknown, posted here
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198237084
4th photo from different log. It's host crust fungus is posted here
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198235655
this observation is for the lichenicolous fungus that appears to be parasitizing this Phaeophyscia sp. (P. adiastola or P. hirsuta maybe)
on granitic rock
On maple - too immature to scope but immature spores we’re allantoid and hyaline
ex Larix decidua
The mycelium was in its original position at the base of the branch.
No idea what this is.
It was stiff and solid, felt kind of woody. Attached to something stuck in the mud. I was thinking it might be exposed roots. There was a lot of it. The only thing CV suggested that looked plausible was X. filiformis, but I know almost nothing about Xylaria so I didn't put it at species.
Habitat: rich white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) swamp
S. laciniatum and S. perfoliatum hybrid or just weird S. perfoliatum? Further notes in @trevorzook 's description.
Last photo with three flowers in the hand compare nearby S. perfoliatum (bottom right) with S. laciniatum (top right) and the plant in question (left)