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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

March 25, 2024 01:56 PM PDT

Description

Bohemia Ecological Preserve- mixed hardwood/conifer forest with scattered grasslands on serpentine vein, adjacent to Duvoul Creek
Growing on dead branch of Pickeringia montana on the edge of a grassland
Orange/brown resupinate poroid fungus. Velvety to the touch
Smell and taste indistinct
KOH black

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What

Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

March 25, 2024 12:31 PM PDT

Description

Weird gelatinous mass growing on moss. Fungal? Cyanobacterium? Jelly lichen?

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

stucumber

Date

March 2024

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

stucumber

Date

March 2024

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

stucumber

Date

March 2024

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Observer

reago

Date

March 4, 2024 10:42 AM PST

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Observer

sadie_hickey

Date

March 17, 2024 01:59 PM PDT

Description

On old Porodaedalea pini fruits on Pseudotsuga menziesii snag

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julienpometta

Date

March 14, 2024 01:04 PM PDT

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What

Common Tarcrust Fungus (Diatrype stigma)

Observer

mandymushii

Date

March 17, 2024 01:26 PM PDT

Description

Resupinate, black crust,
On tan oak,
No UV

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stucumber

Date

March 2024

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What

Long-stalked Gray Cup (Helvella macropus)

Observer

mandymushii

Date

March 16, 2024 01:20 PM PDT

Description

Elfin Sadle with gray top and Creamy stipe,
Indistinct odor/taste,
Yellow UV on stipe,
Growing trailside on mossy part of stairs,
Near doug fir/redwood/alder

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

leah_mycelia

Date

March 9, 2024 11:00 AM PST
Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

leah_mycelia

Date

February 29, 2024 04:49 PM CST

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Observer

danmorton

Date

March 11, 2024 11:11 AM PDT

Description

Most fruitbodes 2 - 3 mm in diameter, some smaller. Growing on wooden post. Basidia shaped liked tuning forks, 55 - 80 x 4.8 - 7.3 µm. Spores 1 - 5 septate, 13.8 - 20 x 5 - 7.5 µm.

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

philipdekat

Date

March 9, 2024 01:59 PM PST

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cpqbivins

Date

March 10, 2024 01:38 PM PDT

Description

Xerocomellus behrii. Under interior live oak. Odor indistinct

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stucumber

Date

March 2024

Description

On Ceanothus crassifolius. Orange-pink KOH.

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What

Split Porecrust (Xylodon paradoxus)

Observer

donnadugan

Date

March 7, 2024 11:26 AM PST

Description

growing on dead walnut tree

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Observer

symbiiotica

Date

March 5, 2024 01:52 PM PST

Description

Off Spring Creek Trail in a damp Umbellularia californica and Sequoia sempervirens dominant forest, Annadel State Park
Growing on the cut ends of dead Umbellularia californica
Dusty, "fuzzy" mold-like fungus which sporulates heavily when disturbed. Growing in thin, crust-like layers. White to tan to blueish in coloration

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

March 5, 2024 11:52 AM PST

Description

Found in an open deciduous oak woodland/shrubland/grassland right off to the side of the trail near the entrance of Vietnam Memorial Trail, Annadel State Park
Growing on moist wood (bark and inner wood) near the base of Baccharis pilularis
Lumpy resupinate crust ranging in color from yellow to cream to grey to brown with spots of pink. Incredibly thin, only penetrating about 1mm into wood
Yellow/brown KOH
Smell indistinct
Fluoresces bright blue with KOH turning grey, inner wood of Baccharis pilularis fluorescing bright yellow

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Observer

mandymushii

Date

March 6, 2024 03:42 PM PST

Description

Creamy, dentate like crust fungus,
White UV,
Brown KOH,
Growing on log next to trail,
Near sitka spruce/doug fir

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

mandymushii

Date

March 6, 2024 03:16 PM PST

Description

Bracket fungi on a stick,
Tan upper surface with bands,
Creamy pored underside,
White UV on pores,
Near sitka spruce/Doug fir/alder

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What

Hedgehog Scalycap (Phaeomarasmius erinaceus)

Observer

stucumber

Date

March 2024

Description

Fruiting from holes in fallen Quercus agrifolia branch.

Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

reago

Date

March 4, 2024 10:32 AM PST

Description

i have no clue what this is, had a firm gelatinous texture

Exidia truncata is closest visual similarity i could find

i collected a tiny bit of this specimen

Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

brennons

Date

August 15, 2023 07:00 PM CDT

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What

Bonestem (Ossicaulis lignatilis)

Observer

arlenedevitt

Date

March 2024

Description

growing on Acer macrophyllum

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What

Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)

Observer

alison_pollack

Date

January 26, 2024 09:35 AM PST

Description

Found by @graysquirrel

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

March 2024

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

March 2024

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

March 2024

Description

Under Chamise

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sadie_hickey

Date

February 2024

Description

Growing on pieces of scrap wood from construction. Irregularly toothed hydnoid-resupinate with dingy tan colors at maturity and white towards the margins. Teeth often appear flattened and elongated, flesh soft.

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What

Artist's Brackets, Reishi, and Allies (Genus Ganoderma)

Observer

blmartin92

Date

March 2024

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

stucumber

Date

February 2024

Description

Thin resupinate polypore, 2mm thick at most, on bay laurel branch, not very well decayed

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leptonia

Date

February 3, 2022 01:33 PM PST

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What

Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)

Observer

stucumber

Date

February 24, 2024 03:49 PM PST

Description

On succulentous decayed Rhus integrifolia stick

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

stucumber

Date

February 24, 2024 12:01 PM PST

Description

On Catalina ironwood

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What

Snaketongue Truffleclub (Tolypocladium ophioglossoides)

Observer

mandymushii

Date

February 28, 2024 10:47 AM PST

Description

Black club shaped fungus,
Yellow towards base with yellow hyphal strings,
Attached to brown truffle,
No UV,
Indistinct odor,
Near sitka spruce/alder

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

February 24, 2024 11:03 AM PST

Description

2024 Westminster Woods SOMA Outing
SOMA24-0226

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What

True Slime Molds (Class Myxomycetes)

Observer

mandymushii

Date

February 23, 2024 02:35 PM PST

Description

White myxo on redwood duff

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What

White Tubelet (Henningsomyces candidus)

Date

February 23, 2024 03:48 PM PST

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What

Frothy Porecrust (Irpex latemarginatus)

Observer

batvardeh

Date

February 2024

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What

Operculate Ascomycetes (Class Pezizomycetes)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

February 21, 2024 12:37 PM PST

Description

Bohemia Ecological Preserve- Hesperocyparis sargentii and Arctostaphylos bakeri donimant forest/shrubland on serpentine soils
Growing by the hundreds on disturbed, gravely and sandy serpentine soils on road and trailsides. Also in mossy zones and in mixed organic matter. Some in broad daylight with no vegetative canopy, others growing under the shade of nearby bushes/trees

Small bright to dull orange astipitate Ascomycete cups with a lobed, inconsistent shape. Margin lighter than rest of fruit body and often cracked
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct

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What

Agaricus Subg. Minores (Subgenus Minores)

Observer

panadora

Date

February 2024

Description

Agaricus/ leucoagaricus?
Almond smell, yellowing on cap stipe and flesh when disturbed. Under chamise. Vouchered by @flygrl67

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What

Pinwheels and Parachute Mushrooms (Genus Marasmius)

Observer

mandymushii

Date

February 22, 2024 12:18 PM PST

Description

Tan,Campanulate cap,
Wide spaced cremey gills,
Wiry stipe that darkens towards base,
No UV/odor,
Growing trailside in dunes

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mandymushii

Date

February 21, 2024 10:45 AM PST

Description

White polypore with bands on top,
White pores,
Pleasant, almost sweet odor,
White UV,
Near sitka spruce

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

February 2024
Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

reago

Date

February 21, 2024 10:15 AM PST

Description

immediately dark red with KOH (photo 4), black spores revealed under the orange upper surface when scratched
maybe a slime mold or lichen? or Corticoid?

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Observer

reago

Date

February 20, 2024 05:41 PM PST

Description

shout out to morgan/julien for sending me the spot!

larger specimen (photos 1+2): from stipe base to cap apex: 2.4 cm
cap diameter: 0.4cm

the smaller one: 1.3cm stipe to cap

same location as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198255114 (18 days ago) and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197638529 (25 days ago)

check out those observations for a detailed description of the environment ^
specimen collected

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Observer

corndog

Date

February 18, 2024 04:09 PM PST

Description

around .5mm tall, on decorticated Acer circinatum wood

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

February 2024

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What

Jelly Rot (Merulius tremellosus)

Observer

amandabarth82

Date

February 20, 2024 12:43 PM CET

Description

Found along steps up to Citadel

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beartracker

Date

December 24, 2023 02:29 PM PST

Description

On a sycamore leaf (non-native tree in this area)

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corndog

Date

February 18, 2024 12:06 PM PST

Description

moss in seep

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What

Higher Basidiomycetes (Subphylum Agaricomycotina)

Observer

stucumber

Date

February 2024

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What

Bracket Polypores (Family Fomitopsidaceae)

Observer

schwee

Date

February 17, 2024 01:21 PM PST

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

stucumber

Date

February 2024
Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

kueda

Date

February 16, 2024 03:05 PM PST

Description

Found on the surface under Quercus agrifolia.

Fungi

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What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

maddiemcewen

Date

February 15, 2024 10:43 AM PST

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cassidy_white

Date

February 15, 2024 01:29 PM PST

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What

Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)

Observer

gallardoj211

Date

February 14, 2024 04:22 PM PST

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

February 10, 2024 12:10 PM PST

Description

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on burned, dead but standing Pinus sabiniana
Reflexed polypore with white hymenophore and surface speckled in brown. Tissue tough, dense, leathery
Taste extremely bitter/acidic
Smell indistinct
Slightly yellow KOH in white light
Whole sporocarp fluorescing blue/yellow/pinkish. KOH turning bright yellow

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symbiiotica

Date

February 10, 2024 10:31 AM PST

Description

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on underside of severely burned and decomposing log (most likely Pinus sabiniana)
Blue/yellow resupinate fungus with round lumps scattered throughout
Smell indistinct
KOH indistinct

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

February 10, 2024 10:24 AM PST

Description

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on underside of severely burned and decomposing log (most likely Pinus sabiniana)
Taste slightly sour
Smell like chemical cleaner/play dough
Yellow KOH
Whole fruit body blue/green in UV

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Observer

direbecca

Date

January 2024

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What

Hairy Bracket (Trametes hirsuta)

Observer

danmorton

Date

February 1, 2024 10:16 AM PST

Description

Distinct anise odor. Spores too small to be T. suaveolens. Spores (5) 5.9 - 7.5 (8.2) x (1.7) 1.8 - 2.18 (2.2) µm, Q = 2.9 - 3.6 (3.8), N = 25, Me = 6.6 x 2 µm, Qe = 3.3. Growing on Scotch Broom.

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Observer

leah_mycelia

Date

February 10, 2024 11:07 AM PST

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sadie_hickey

Date

February 6, 2024 01:04 PM PST

Description

Growing on decorticated wood of elderberry. White, lumpy fuzzy crust.

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

sadie_hickey

Date

February 6, 2024

Description

On street birch

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

leptonia

Date

February 9, 2024 03:36 PM PST

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Observer

pynklynx

Date

February 9, 2024 09:22 AM HST

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What

Slime Molds (Phylum Mycetozoa)

Observer

lilithohlson

Date

February 7, 2024 09:43 AM PST

Description

Maybe Salmon Eggs, or Raspberry Slime Mold?

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What

Brown-toothed Crust Fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea)

Observer

hangnamori

Date

January 14, 2024 04:08 PM KST

Description

Tentative ID. Toothed crust Basidioradulum radula also a possibility?

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What

Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus)

Observer

planetpolypore

Date

January 2024

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What

Violet-toothed Polypore (Trichaptum biforme)

Observer

lizessig

Date

December 2023

Description

Some sort of purple crust fungus???

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

dietel

Date

February 2, 2024 04:30 PM PST

Description

Growing on base of decaying stump

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What

Layered Cup (Peziza varia)

Observer

sdmyco

Date

February 4, 2024 12:05 PM PST

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

February 2024

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What

Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)

Observer

aaron_tupac

Date

February 2024

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What

Toothed Crust (Basidioradulum radula)

Observer

sageost

Date

February 3, 2024 11:36 AM PST

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Observer

torres-grant

Date

January 2024

Description

Growing on a piece of dead Quercus agrifolia wood

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Observer

yipkiyay

Date

January 29, 2024 01:30 PM PST

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What

Moss Ear (Chromocyphella muscicola)

Observer

sadie_hickey

Date

January 25, 2024 03:29 PM PST

Description

Growing on moss on canyon live oak. Small cyphelloids with a powdery white pileus and brown-orange hymenium.

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mandymushii

Date

November 26, 2023 02:26 PM PST

Description

Cremey to tan crust,
White UV,
No KOH,
Growing on deadwood next to trail,
Near redwood

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What

Green Earthtongue (Microglossum viride)

Observer

garth_harwood

Date

January 23, 2024 04:30 PM PST

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What

Ochre Spreading Tooth (Steccherinum ochraceum)

Observer

snidercph

Date

January 28, 2024 11:29 AM PST

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What

Green-tipped Coral (Ramaria apiculata)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 27, 2024 01:38 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00745
Mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest near the south fork of the Gualala River
Growing from large mound of moss and lichen (mostly Cladonia spp.) covered decomposing wood in a patch of young Pseudotsuga menziesii
Coral with pastel purple base, becoming green and then bright white at tips. Highly branching. Loosing bright green color in age
Smell like baby powder
Taste bitter
Orange brown KOH
Tips glow yellowish in UV

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Observer

cpqbivins

Date

January 29, 2024 10:37 AM PST

Description

On interior live oak

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What

Western Bellybutton Hedgehog (Hydnum oregonense)

Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 28, 2024 12:02 PM PST

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Observer

symbiiotica

Date

January 28, 2024 09:41 AM PST

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What

Hairy Bracket (Trametes hirsuta)

Observer

erin223

Date

January 26, 2024 04:26 PM PST

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What

Lemon Disco (Calycina citrina)

Observer

erin223

Date

January 21, 2024 04:25 PM PST

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sadie_hickey

Date

January 23, 2024 01:07 PM PST

Description

Growing on live oak log in patchy forest/grassland/chaparral complex. White porohydnoid-resupinate with a small reddish-brown shelfing pileus. K- UV-

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leptonia

Date

January 21, 2024 01:45 PM PST

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Observer

leptonia

Date

January 21, 2024 01:35 PM PST

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Observer

damontighe

Date

January 25, 2024 04:18 PM PST

Description

FDS-CA-00580

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

nudge9

Date

January 20, 2024 01:18 PM PST

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What

Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)

Observer

oahu_fungi

Date

January 20, 2024 09:47 AM HST

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What

Jelly Rot (Merulius tremellosus)

Observer

cpqbivins

Date

January 16, 2024 01:16 PM PST

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What

Red Edge Brittlestem (Psathyrella corrugis)

Observer

arlenedevitt

Date

January 19, 2024 08:50 PM PST

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Observer

stucumber

Date

January 2024