talkingforests's Identifications
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Angel's Wings (Pleurocybella porrigens)Observer
zergbutcha1Description
A stunning white glimmer in a rainy forest. These beautiful "angel wings" were the purest color of white i have seen in nature. growing in on a snag of a rotting what I think was conifer. There was more to this patch but this was the best photo i got. They survived the 6 hour bus ride back to Olympia, and when i got home i cooked them up and made tacos with them. they tasted like calamari.
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Vermilion Waxcap (Hygrocybe miniata)Observer
justillerDescription
I was walking through the Petco parking lot and, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something bright and red-orange. The mushroom was alone and growing out of mulch. It was about an inch tall and a few centimeters wide. The stalk was off-center and tapered slightly near the base. Gills were attached, close, and unequal. The colors range from deep-bright red to yellow-orange. It seemed moist and a bit dulled on the cap. I think it is a Hygrocybe but can't properly ID because I just found the one.
Any ideas?
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Suborder AgaricineaeObserver
isidro-xDescription
Cap: 4-4.5 cm width, convex to plane, yellow, bruises dark brown, dull, dry, firm, faint striation
Gills: Adnate, broad, subdistant to close, entire margin, and yellow, soft
Stipe: 2-7 cm long, yellow, longitudinal fibril striation, equal in width throughout, flexuous, firm
Veil: None present
Sprote print: Orange-brown
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Angel's Wings (Pleurocybella porrigens)Observer
zergbutcha1Description
A stunning white glimmer in a rainy forest. These beautiful "angel wings" were the purest color of white i have seen in nature. growing in on a snag of a rotting what I think was conifer. There was more to this patch but this was the best photo i got. They survived the 6 hour bus ride back to Olympia, and when i got home i cooked them up and made tacos with them. they tasted like calamari.
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Herre's Ragged Lichen (Platismatia herrei)Observer
boedan27Description
Cloudy, 44 degrees F up a Yew forest about Opal Pool, this lichen was resting on the needles of a Taxus brevifola
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Pelt Lichens (Genus Peltigera)Observer
clareswensenDescription
Collection # L016
Found off Opal Pool trail on a fallen rotting log within moss. Slug trails present on nearby specimens, appear as yellow lines or veins.
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Pixie Cup and Reindeer Lichens (Genus Cladonia)Observer
noellemachnickiDescription
Open prairie habitat. One of the few mats we found at glacial heritage
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Tree Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria)Observer
clareswensenDescription
Collection # L001
In the parking lot B of The Evergreen State college. Found growing on the bark of a Maple in a cluster of specimens. Fairly dried out.
Moss as well as other lichen species found growing on the same substrate (featured in photographs).
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Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum)Observer
mossyDescription
One of the ferns that I know for sure. I saw 4 different kinds of ferns next to the outhouse.
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