Red Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae)

The first thing you now associate with the phrase "red velvet."

These are the same individual, at Rockwood Park in May 2015.

Lichen with red bits

It looks like this lichen is making some red globs. Maybe they're fruiting bodies? It's time to study up on lichen.

Sporophytes

A species of moss with a very tall sporophyte generation. They have a little capsule at the top for dumping spores out. The green moss we all know and love is the gametophyte generation. Let's all read up on the moss life cycle.