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when a tree is wounded, it does not “heal” or regenerate like the tissue of many animals, but they form 'callouses’ around the wounded bark to seal off and prevent further infection.

heart rot is a disease that causes decay of wood on trees. it is spread from wounds in the bark which causes fungal growth and makes the tree weaker. this bracket fungus (fistulina hepatica) is causing heart rot in the trunk of a tree.

#tree #heart rot

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pet house sparrow

#house sparrow #passer domesticus #passeridae #passerine bird #bird #sparrow

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a juvenile house sparrow (passer domesticus)

#house sparrow #passer domesticus #passerine bird #passeridae #bird #sparrow bird #tree sparrow

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heart rot is a disease that causes decay of wood on trees. it is spread from wounds in the bark which causes fungal growth and makes the tree weaker. this bracket fungus (fistulina hepatica) is causing heart rot in the trunk of a tree.

#fistulina hepatica #bracket fungus #heartwood #heart rot #disease #dead wood #fungus #fungi #fungal infection #mushroom

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brown witches butter (exidia recisa) is an edible jelly fungi commonly found growing on hardwood in the midwest after late spring rains. they are identifiable by their ridges and glob-like fruiting bodies.

#brown witch fungus #witches butter #witch fungus #fungus #fungi #exidia recisa #mushroom #edible mushroom

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fruiting bodies of brown witches fungus (exidia recisa)

#brown witch fungus #witches butter #witch fungus #jelly fungus #fungus #fungi #edible mushroom #mushroom

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jelly tooth fungus or toothed jelly fungus (pseudohydnum gelatinosum) is an edible fungi which is often candied or marinated. it grows in woodlands on dead and rotting logs.

#jelly tooth fungus #fungus #fungi #pseudohydnum gelatinosum #mushroom #jelly fungi #toothed jelly fungi #edible mushroom #dead wood fungus

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a cluster of leopard ramshorn snails (planorbidae)

#ramshorn snail #aquatic snail #aquatic snails #gastropod #mollusc #planorbidae #planorbella #helisoma #aquarium #leopard ramshorn snail

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two ramshorn snails

#ramshorn snail #aquatic snail #aquarium #snail shell #mollusc #gastropod #planorbidae #planorbella #helisoma #freshwater snail

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egg mass of a ramshorn snail. these snails are common aquairum pets and can lay up to a dozen eggs at a time

#ramshorn snail #aquatic snail #gastropod #mollusc #egg sac #egg mass #eggs #snail eggs #freshwater snail #helisoma #planorbidae #planorbella #pond snail

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yes it is

this is an egg sac of a moon snail (naticidae)

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quail egg comparison

#eggs #bird egg #quail egg #2006

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a perching house wren (troglodytes aedon)

#house wren #troglodytes aedon #songbird #bird #passerine bird #troglodyte #wren #chordata #troglodytidae

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a house finch fledgling (haemorhous mexicanus)

#house finch #fledgling #hatchling #nestling #bird #finch #finch chicks #haemorhous mexicanus #passerine bird #chordata

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a society finch sits in its owner’s hand

#society finch #lonchura striata domestica #bird #finch #body #computer

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a nest of gouldian finch chicks

#gouldian finch #finch chicks #nestlings #hatchlings #birds #finch #passerine bird #chordata #bird #nesting #erythrura gouldiae #parrotfinch

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#garden snail #snail #gastropod #mollusc #mollusca #dirt #invertebrate