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mt si (Google, OSM)
47.5216324387, -121.7408475683
Accuracy: 1329m
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Description

Orange jelly like substance on downed wood.
"Oomycota or oomycetes (oömycetes) form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms. They are filamentous, microscopic, absorptive organisms that reproduce both sexually and asexually" (Wikipedia)
see mt si april 28 journal entry for habitat

Oomycetes
May. 24, 2012 22:20:48 -0700
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Posted by robertmarsh 12 months ago (Flag)
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This is not an ooymcete. It is a basidiomycete. I was going to suggest the genus Dacrymyces, but I am not sure. It is a jelly fungus of some sort, though.

Posted by naturalist39 4 months ago (Flag)
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Mushrooms - Photo (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
naturalist39's ID Mushrooms (Phylum Basidiomycota)
Posted by naturalist39 4 months ago (Flag)
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Mushrooms - Photo (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
naturalist39's ID Mushrooms (Phylum Basidiomycota)

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