#cuscuta — Public Fediverse posts

【🎉Latest accepted article】
#SoilMicrobes mediate the effects of #ParasiticLitter input on #PlantInvasion

#BiologicalControl | #Competition | #Cuscuta

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag048

Eigentlich haben wir gestern #Bachmuschel #Unio crassus kartiert. Auf dem Rückweg sah meine Frau dann plötzlich Quendel-#Seide #Cuscuta epithymum.

Ein rundum gelungener NachmitTag 😊

#Naturfotografie #Naturschutz

Close-up of a dodder tendril as it circumnutates around a victim. The inner surface of the coils will eventually produce haustoria, modified roots that connect with the host's phloem. Then the sucking begins. #dodder #cuscuta

Close-up of a dodder tendril as it circumnutates around a victim. The inner surface of the coils will eventually produce haustoria, modified roots that connect with the host's phloem. Then the sucking begins. #dodder #cuscuta

Close-up of a dodder tendril as it circumnutates around a victim. The inner surface of the coils will eventually produce haustoria, modified roots that connect with the host's phloem. Then the sucking begins. #dodder #cuscuta

Nice patch of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) at the restored meadow in the Crum Woods (Swarthmore College). No flowers yet so species ID is hopeless. #swarthmore #dodder #parasite #parasitic #botany #plants #cuscuta #nature #vines #convolvulaceae #ricohgriiix

Nice patch of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) at the restored meadow in the Crum Woods (Swarthmore College). No flowers yet so species ID is hopeless. #swarthmore #dodder #parasite #parasitic #botany #plants #cuscuta #nature #vines #convolvulaceae #ricohgriiix

Nice patch of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) at the restored meadow in the Crum Woods (Swarthmore College). No flowers yet so species ID is hopeless. #swarthmore #dodder #parasite #parasitic #botany #plants #cuscuta #nature #vines #convolvulaceae #ricohgriiix

Nature's viny vampire: Discovering what drives #parasitic #Cuscuta campestris

#dodder #CcMCA1 #sensing #ion_channels

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nature-viny-vampire-parasitic-cuscuta.html

Nature's viny vampire: Discovering what drives #parasitic #Cuscuta campestris

#dodder #CcMCA1 #sensing #ion_channels

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nature-viny-vampire-parasitic-cuscuta.html

Nature's viny vampire: Discovering what drives #parasitic #Cuscuta campestris

#dodder #CcMCA1 #sensing #ion_channels

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nature-viny-vampire-parasitic-cuscuta.html

Nature's viny vampire: Discovering what drives #parasitic #Cuscuta campestris

#dodder #CcMCA1 #sensing #ion_channels

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nature-viny-vampire-parasitic-cuscuta.html

Dodder bursting out of a host stem to flower. They don't usually reside inside other plants so this was worth a pic. Normally they just wrap around another plant and send in root-like haustoria to suck the juices out, like the situation you can see on the left. #cuscuta #dodder #convolvulaceae #parasitic #parasite #plants #botany #biology

Dodder bursting out of a host stem to flower. They don't usually reside inside other plants so this was worth a pic. Normally they just wrap around another plant and send in root-like haustoria to suck the juices out, like the situation you can see on the left. #cuscuta #dodder #convolvulaceae #parasitic #parasite #plants #botany #biology

Dodder bursting out of a host stem to flower. They don't usually reside inside other plants so this was worth a pic. Normally they just wrap around another plant and send in root-like haustoria to suck the juices out, like the situation you can see on the left. #cuscuta #dodder #convolvulaceae #parasitic #parasite #plants #botany #biology

Fun fact for fans of parasitic vines: "in tropical herbaria more than half of the Cuscuta specimens are misidentified as Cassytha" (da Silva et al. 2021). That's just crazy. Deciding between the two options is one of the IDing activities I like to do on #iNaturalist, and a common part of the back and forth in the comments is, e.g., "But @colinpurrington, Cassytha is KNOWN to be in area because there are specimens AT THE LOCAL HERBARIUM." Now I can just leave a link to the paper below. #cuscuta #cassytha #botany #plants #nature https://www.scielo.br/j/rod/a/VbzRnhDdGVs97yZqbyX7wSq/?lang=en

Fun fact for fans of parasitic vines: "in tropical herbaria more than half of the Cuscuta specimens are misidentified as Cassytha" (da Silva et al. 2021). That's just crazy. Deciding between the two options is one of the IDing activities I like to do on #iNaturalist, and a common part of the back and forth in the comments is, e.g., "But @colinpurrington, Cassytha is KNOWN to be in area because there are specimens AT THE LOCAL HERBARIUM." Now I can just leave a link to the paper below. #cuscuta #cassytha #botany #plants #nature https://www.scielo.br/j/rod/a/VbzRnhDdGVs97yZqbyX7wSq/?lang=en

Fun fact for fans of parasitic vines: "in tropical herbaria more than half of the Cuscuta specimens are misidentified as Cassytha" (da Silva et al. 2021). That's just crazy. Deciding between the two options is one of the IDing activities I like to do on #iNaturalist, and a common part of the back and forth in the comments is, e.g., "But @colinpurrington, Cassytha is KNOWN to be in area because there are specimens AT THE LOCAL HERBARIUM." Now I can just leave a link to the paper below. #cuscuta #cassytha #botany #plants #nature https://www.scielo.br/j/rod/a/VbzRnhDdGVs97yZqbyX7wSq/?lang=en

Fun fact for fans of parasitic vines: "in tropical herbaria more than half of the Cuscuta specimens are misidentified as Cassytha" (da Silva et al. 2021). That's just crazy. Deciding between the two options is one of the IDing activities I like to do on #iNaturalist, and a common part of the back and forth in the comments is, e.g., "But @colinpurrington, Cassytha is KNOWN to be in area because there are specimens AT THE LOCAL HERBARIUM." Now I can just leave a link to the paper below. #cuscuta #cassytha #botany #plants #nature https://www.scielo.br/j/rod/a/VbzRnhDdGVs97yZqbyX7wSq/?lang=en

Fun fact for fans of parasitic vines: "in tropical herbaria more than half of the Cuscuta specimens are misidentified as Cassytha" (da Silva et al. 2021). That's just crazy. Deciding between the two options is one of the IDing activities I like to do on #iNaturalist, and a common part of the back and forth in the comments is, e.g., "But @colinpurrington, Cassytha is KNOWN to be in area because there are specimens AT THE LOCAL HERBARIUM." Now I can just leave a link to the paper below. #cuscuta #cassytha #botany #plants #nature https://www.scielo.br/j/rod/a/VbzRnhDdGVs97yZqbyX7wSq/?lang=en

I en herbassars una mica més montans encara una altra espècie paràsita del mateix gènere: Cuscuta europaea

#flora #parasitisme #Cuscuta

#Cuscuta epithymum - Because even parasites want to look good. In the past people used to consume it as an antidepressant, but today we're all #happy.

כְּשׁוּת הקורנית: כי גם #טפילים רוצים להראות טוב. בעבר נהגו לצרוך אותה נגד דכאון אבל היום כולנו #מאושרים.

#MagnificentMonday

Del mateix gènere, també hi trobem Cuscuta epithymum (cabells de farigola). En aquest cas és una espècie autòctona que parasita petits matolls com la farigola, la sajolida...
👉 https://floraguilleries.cat/cuscuta-epithymum-l-l/

#flora #parasitisme #Cuscuta #Guilleries #floraGuilleries

Aquests dies és fàcil veure en flor Cuscuta campestris (cabells d'àngel), una planta paràsita d'origen americà. A les Guilleries es fa sobretot als herbassars fluvials, però també en rostolls i altres comunitats herbàcies obertes.
👉 https://floraguilleries.cat/cuscuta-campestris-yunck/

#flora #parasitisme #Cuscuta #Guilleries #floraGuilleries

Stained cross-section showing dodder (Cuscuta) haustoria penetrating the stem of Chenopodium album. My favorite parasitic plant. #dodder #Cuscuta #botany #parasite #plants #biology #nature #Convolvulaceae

Stained cross-section showing dodder (Cuscuta) haustoria penetrating the stem of Chenopodium album. My favorite parasitic plant. #dodder #Cuscuta #botany #parasite #plants #biology #nature #Convolvulaceae

Stained cross-section showing dodder (Cuscuta) haustoria penetrating the stem of Chenopodium album. My favorite parasitic plant. #dodder #Cuscuta #botany #parasite #plants #biology #nature #Convolvulaceae