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aaronosborneDescription
First observation in San Francisco peaks 2nd in Arizona.
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Rhododendron Blight (Seifertia azaleae)Observer
thehyphaemovementDescription
F000329
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Flat-top Broomrape (Aphyllon corymbosum)Observer
thehyphaemovementDescription
Aphyllon
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Genus GibellulaObserver
shinesadieDescription
Found sitting in a dark area inside of a carved out tree stump. Parasitizing spider that was still in its web
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Psilocybe baeocystisObserver
angeliquevaDescription
Found in wood chips and grass
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Parasitic Clitocybe (Clitocybe sclerotoidea)Observer
mgkoonsDescription
Atractosporocybe sclerotoidea
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Psilocybe baeocystisObserver
gaboshroomsDescription
More pictures of the Baeocystis collection found last month
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Pinkgills (Genus Entoloma)Observer
thehyphaemovementDescription
Moss carex Salix. Hills slightly sluoresvent, First two photos show uv vs no uv.
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mandymushiiDescription
Rounded, pointy yellow top,
Parasitizing a reddish brown worm,
Found in deadwood trailside,
White purplish UV on top,
Near alder/redwood
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entolomatoidDescription
Voucher Collection 10573dll was collected on 2 November 2023 by Casey LedFord in the Fern grotto above the Tractor Port, The collection consisted of 2 fruitingbodies in humus
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Parasitic Clitocybe (Clitocybe sclerotoidea)Observer
mgkoonsDescription
actually in Atractosporocybe, proliferating across this urban forest in the winter
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Section DichroaObserver
stucumberDescription
In coast live oak and bay laurel duff. Cap velvety when young, opening into somewhat broad appressed scales. Cap remaining mostly conical. Stipe texture same as cap. Densely matted cobwebby basal tomentum with rhizomorphs extending from the cobwebby material. Gills with pink hue even when young.
Microscopy: @rudydiaz
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Tolypocladium rouxiiObserver
mandymushiiPlace
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Redwood National Park, Del Norte County, US-CA, US (Google, OSM)Description
Found by Jordan Gates,
Dark rounded top,
Yellow to white stipe,
Parasitizing truffle,
Growing trailside near bay laurel and redwood
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Genus VibrisseaObserver
lostcoastmikeDescription
Guess based on underwater habitat. Third and fourth shots are underwater in-situ.
Unusually long thin spores.
~45-50 X 1.7-2 µm.
Asci ~200-240 X 7-8 µm.
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Truffles (Genus Tuber)Observer
mandymushiiDescription
Maybe T.californicum?
White to tan, medium-sized with furrowed peridium,
Solid gleba, marbled with white veins,
White UV on cracked exterior and cut interior,
Odor is like a mixture of rubber and cleaner, an odor reminiscent of a garage; I smelled it again hours later and it was cheesy,
Tastes like cleaner,
Indistinct KOH,
Growing trailside near Doug fir/red alder/coast redwood,
NE, Elevation 252 ft.
Thick walled, globose spores within ascus
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Genus GastroboletusObserver
mandymushiiDescription
Short fruitbody,
Yellow pores,
Blue staining,
Near redwood
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Clarireedia calopusObserver
sadie_hickeyDescription
Growing on herbaceous material in wet meadow stream. Hymenium pale brown, flat to concave. Excipulum concolorous, narrowing to toughened, darkened stipe.
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Genus XerocomellusObserver
jonaleefDescription
last three spore microcscopy images were mounted with 5% KOH -- showing interesting wavy "spine" ornamentation -- reminiscent of previously observed relative: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18266184
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Western American Alder Tongue Gall (Taphrina occidentalis)Observer
mandymushiiDescription
Rust causing catkin curl,
On alder
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Cups (Genus Peziza)Observer
mandymushiiDescription
Dark brown to black cups with brown to olive colored center,
No UV,
Growing around base of alder snag off trail
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Pinkgills (Genus Entoloma)Observer
stucumberDescription
Scaly-fibrous zonate slightly hygrophanous (?) cap, squared/flat stipe, single fruitbody could not find others in the vicinity
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Psilocybe Mushrooms (Genus Psilocybe)Observer
betweenthelyonsDescription
P. gandalfiana nom. prov.
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Genus FlammulinaObserver
thehyphaemovementDescription
Possibly on alder or Salix. Found by @corndog
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Bonnets (Genus Mycena)Observer
betweenthelyonsDescription
At base of tree fern
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Genus PachyellaObserver
sagetrekkerDescription
Soft bodied, located underwater in fresh spring. Looks like a cup fungi. Located in spring near Wild Rose Campground, Death Valley.
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Subgenus TrichopilusObserver
mgkoonsDescription
very interesting Entoloma sp found growing near salmon berry and silver fir and mountain hemlock though likely a saprobic entoloma sp.
Sample sent to @relg (Ariel Goldsztejn) 12/4/2023
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Descomyces albusObserver
damontigheDescription
Fruiting in association with Eucalyptus globulus. Fruting on same road cut: Hydnangium carneum and Laccaria fraterna
microscopy
spores =
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Heath Waxcap (Gliophorus laetus)Observer
symbiioticaDescription
Found by a participant on a group walk, growing solitary out of moss. Out for sequencing.
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Genus ArrheniaObserver
scottmcneirDescription
looks too white to be Contumyces rosellus
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Genus ParagalactiniaObserver
rudydiazDescription
Mature asci were not found in cross section.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
goldenbeetleDescription
@alan_rockefeller any clue?
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Pezizas, Desert Truffles, and Allies (Family Pezizaceae)Observer
damontigheDescription
on Pinus longaeva
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Order PezizalesObserver
goldenbeetleDescription
On the edge of snow melt
objective = 40 X
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)Observer
mw52bergDescription
Only one seen. Was happily feeding on a dead squirrel.
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Genus MelanogasterObserver
cpqbivinsDescription
Hypogeous under interior live oak
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Genus AkanthomycesObserver
laughingjimsDescription
Found on spider that was taken home and incubated for several weeks.
For specimen found in situ
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159177921
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Genus XerocomellusObserver
cpqbivinsDescription
Hypogeous under interior live oak
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Omphalina rivulicolaObserver
mgkoonsDescription
Omphalina "rivulicola-CA01" Nanopore data for this observation will be populated here within weeks, from the same immediate locality as this observation with ITS data: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199147140
Which matches with this regional sequence: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146729238
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Lactarius silviaeObserver
hannahsuliDescription
Sequenced.
Sample: H1-154-3
Collectors: HS, GR
Microscopy: HS
Notes: Smells strongly of maple syrup after dehydration, but taste is indistinct. Found in a mature mixed Doug fir and tanoak stand.
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rudydiazDescription
On leaves of laurel sumac
Spores smooth, ellipsoid.
Excipulum texture cubic.
Asci IKI-
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Elfin Saddles (Genus Helvella)Observer
cpqbivinsDescription
Completely hypogeous under interior live oak
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Genus CordycepsObserver
laughingjimsDescription
About a dozen small white growths or conidia were observed on the roots of a uprooted tree. The larvae host was fully buried in the soil. The larvae were all oriented the same way with the fungi producing conidia out of the head. The larvae are also in a casing indicating they were going into pupation. Conidia are fusiform and very small. They were hard to get a good photo of. Mycroscopy photos at 1000x
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Genus OphiocordycepsObserver
kookamongusDescription
Just amazing! Parasitizing Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) on an open slope of sand. Insitu, already exposed when found
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Pinkgills (Genus Entoloma)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
In an open grassy area in chaparral habitat
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Genus GeoscyphaObserver
rudydiazDescription
In soil near burned cottonwoods.
Exciple smooth, whitish; epihymenium pruplish, subhymenium white.
Asci 267–287 x 12.5–15 µm; IKI+ amyloid with distinct ring, and weak reaction on wall, only intense at top. Ascus base like fish tail fin.
Paraphyses simple, cylindrical, 3.3 µm thick, equal; clavate end 4.3 µm thick, not crooked.
Subhymenium textura prismatica.
Ascospores hyaline smooth, biguttulate, [13.6] 14–15.5 [16.8] x [7.5] 8.2–9 [9.5] µm (mean 14.7 x 8.7 µm); Q 1.4–1.8 (mean 1.7); larger than G. violacea s. str. (“12,5-14 (-14,5) × 7,8-8,5 μm”).
Van Vooren N., Dougoud R., Moyne G., Vega M., Carbone M., Perić B. Vol. 13 (5) – 29 September 2021
Tour d’horizon des pézizes violettes (Pezizaceae) présentes en Europe. 3e partie : le genre Geoscypha
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Section DichroaObserver
stucumberDescription
Bay laurel and Ceanothus leaf litter
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Subgenus LeptoniaObserver
acorncapDescription
manzanita, rhus, prunus, scrub oak, Eriodictyon, ribes
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Entoloma rhodocylixObserver
komille277Description
Appears to be growing from needle litter or decayed wood, not the moss
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Subgenus LeptoniaObserver
dannymiDescription
Photo and collection by Heidi Hoelting. Distanct gills, very small. I'm looking for a better photo.
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Subgenus CyanulaObserver
sadie_hickeyDescription
Growing from a roadcut under bay. Pileus champagne pink with tightly appressed darker pink scales. Lamellae light pink, widely attached. Stipe pink, smooth, with slight white basal tomentum
