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Pebbled Pixie Cup (Cladonia pyxidata)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing in great abundance with various other species of Cladonia on the soil. Cryptogamic cover here was immense. Habitat was glacial outwash prairie surrounded by Garry Oak forest on one side and Douglas fir forest everywhere else.
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Varied Rag Lichen (Platismatia glauca)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on conifer bark in small abundance. Plant species present include Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, Bigleaf Maple, Red Alder, Western Red Cedar, Salal, Sword fern, and Oregon grape.
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Farinose Cartilage Lichen (Ramalina farinacea)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on tiny hardwood branch that fell to the forest floor. Species present include Douglas fir, Bigleaf Maple, Western Hemlock, Salal, Sword fern, Oregon grape. Not very abundant where it was found.
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Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on Red Alder bark in forest. Other species present are Douglas fir, Western Red Cedar, Bigleaf Maple, Western Hemlock, Sword fern, Salal, and Oregon grape.
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Lettuce Lichen (Lobaria oregana)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on hardwood tree in parking lot of the campus in great abundance.
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Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen (Polycauliona polycarpa)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on a planted tree right off the side of the road. On all of those trees in the little strip that is there in decent abundance.
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Crabseye Lichens (Genus Ochrolechia)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Old growth Douglas fir forest with mixed Pacific Yew, Bigleaf Maple, Oregon Grape, Sword fern, Salal, and Western Hemlock. Fairy's Puke lichen growing on a crust lichen that was growing on conifer bark.
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Mottled Tube Lichen (Hypogymnia inactiva)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Old growth Douglas fir forest with mixed Pacific Yew, Bigleaf Maple, Oregon Grape, Sword fern, Salal, and Western Hemlock. Growing on a tiny hardwood branch in low numbers.
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Imshaug's Tube Lichen (Hypogymnia imshaugii)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Old growth Douglas fir forest with mixed Pacific Yew, Bigleaf Maple, Oregon Grape, Sword fern, Salal, and Western Hemlock. Growing on conifer bark sporadically throughout general area.
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Globe Ball Lichen (Sphaerophorus globosus)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Old growth Douglas fir forest with mixed Pacific Yew, Bigleaf Maple, Oregon Grape, Sword fern, Salal, and Western Hemlock. Growing on hardwood on ground in fairly low abundance.
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Ancient Coral Lichen (Sphaerophorus venerabilis)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Old growth Douglas fir forest with mixed Pacific Yew, Bigleaf Maple, Oregon Grape, Sword fern, Salal, and Western Hemlock. Growing on conifer tree in fairly high abundance.
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Tapered Matchstick Lichen (Pilophorus clavatus)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Old growth Douglas fir forest growing on rocky outcrop. Other plants present were Red Alder, Pacific Yew, Western Hemlock, and Salal. Both species of Pilophorus were present on this outcrop.
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Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on woodchips behind new sustainable agriculture lab building. It is very abundant there and plants include Douglas fir, Sword fern, and Salal on edges of woodchips.
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Lion's-mane Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing about 20 feet up in a partially dead Bigleaf Maple. Other plants include Douglas fir, Western Red Cedar, Salal, Sword fern. Not the biggest specimen from what I have seen but still very worth eating.
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Blue Chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing by itself in big cluster on somewhat woody/needly soil. Plant species include Douglas fir, Salal, Sword fern, Huckleberry spp.
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Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on conifer branch alone except for three on branch. No longer spores in cups and surrounding vegetation includes Douglas fir, Bigleaf Maple, Red Alder, Salal, Sword fern, and Huckleberry spp.
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Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma applanatum)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Many growing on down Douglas fir branches of varying sizes. Other plants include Bigleaf Maple, Western Red Cedar, Salal, Sword fern.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Several scattered along down hardwood log. Plant species include Douglas fir, Bigleaf Maple, Western Hemlock, Salal, Sword fern, Oregon grape.
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Red-banded Conks (Complex Fomitopsis pinicola)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
On down Douglas fir log. Several scattered along down logs in area of varying sizes. Understory plants are Salal and Sword fern.
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Short-stemmed Russula (Russula brevipes)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Several scattered in area under Douglas fir and Bigleaf Maple. On very leafy and slightly woody soil. Varying maturities and understory plants include Salal and Sword fern.
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Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing scattered under Douglas fir just off of trail path. Varying maturities and on pine needly soil. Other plants include Sword fern, Salal, Bigleaf Maple.
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Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing next to wood chip pile in short grass behind building on campus. A few scattered but many had deliquessed already. Surrounding plants were Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, Bigleaf Maple, and Salal.
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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing in cluster on down hardwood log. Vegetation Douglas fir, Bigleaf Maple, Salal, Sword fern.
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Smoky-gilled Hypholoma (Hypholoma capnoides)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing in cluster on down conifer log. Surrounding vegetation Salal, Sword fern, Bigleaf Maple, Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock.
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Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on woody soil under Douglas fir with mixed Bigleaf Maple, Western Hemlock, and Salal. Multiple scattered throughout area.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing underneath a vine maple patch with A. muscaria and franchetii. Other plant species include Douglas fir and sword fern. There was a small group of them growing together but only the specimen I collected was not rotting.
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Admirable Bolete (Aureoboletus mirabilis)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on a down piece of conifer bark by itself just off of an old logging road. Other species were Douglas fir, sword fern, and oregon grape.
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Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing under vine maple patch in a Douglas fir forest. Other understory species were sword fern and oregon grape. It was growing next to A. muscaria and also L. olympianus.
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Golden Pholiota (Pholiota aurivella)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on down Douglas fir in a big cluster. Other species were sword fern, oregon grape, and Vaccinium spp.
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Amanita Mushrooms (Genus Amanita)Observer
dabirdopreyDescription
Growing on soil in mixed forest of mostly Douglas fir, but also Bigleaf maple, bracken fern, and vanilla leaf. It was alone except for a pin coming up directly next to it.
