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Carpet Bugle (Ajuga reptans)Observer
littlelilyDescription
In my garden as a weed, flowering now
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Pacific Sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Prairies wooded edge
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Imshaug's Tube Lichen (Hypogymnia imshaugii)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on hardwood limb in SPS prairie habitat.
Hollow lobes.
Brown apothecia present that has a thalline margin.
Grass green upper cortex and a black lower cortex.
Pycnidia seen.
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Tree Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Large foliose lichen found in clean air. Hanging from trees in old growth settings.
Cephalodia hold cyanobacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants.
Orange apothecia seen on this specimen.
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Port-hole Lichen (Menegazzia terebrata)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on garry oak bark in the South Puget Sound Prairie habitat.
Highly degraded prairie habitat. Oaks and PSME intermixed with large open areas of scotch broom, annual invasive grasses, some native bunch grasses and annuals present.
This lichen is identified by the perforations in the upper surface of the thallus as well as the soredia borne in laminal soralia
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Salted Shield Lichen (Parmelia saxatilis)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on Garry Oak bark in a South Puget Sound Prairie habitat.
Has black single rhizines on lower cortex.
Beautiful blue/green color of the thallus.
Covered in isidia.
Unknown black dots on upper surface of the thallus.
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Gray Starburst Lichen (Parmeliopsis hyperopta)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on a conifer snag at Opal Creek in a very intact old growth forest.
The underside of this tiny appressed lichen has rhizines, that are really cool looking.
Soredia present marginally in soralia.
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Arnold's Parmotrema Lichen (Parmotrema arnoldii)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on pine twig.
Prominent marginal cillia that you can't really see in this photo.
Found near the ocean.
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Herre's Ragged Lichen (Platismatia herrei)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on conifer limb on forest floor in a PNW old growth habitat. Big PSME and hemlock dominate the canopy of the site.
Specimen highly isidiate along lobe margins.
This species has a pair in P. stenophylla which has apothecia.
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Ribbon Rag Lichen (Platismatia stenophylla)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on conifer twig that had fallen to the forest floor. Found in a dense canopy area of PSME and hemlock.
Marginal pycnidia present on this specimen.
Dark brown apothecia present.
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Farinose Cartilage Lichen (Ramalina farinacea)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on hardwood bark in the South Puget Sound prairie habitat. Garry oak, Alnus rubra, PTAQ, grasses.
Fruiticose lichen with soredia on the margins borne in soralia. Very beautiful.
Medulla of this lichen reacts +y to a K test.
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Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen (Vulpicida canadensis)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on the road outside of the Trout Lake Co Campground. Must have fallen from the Pinus spp above.
It looks similar to L. columbiana and L. vulpina (it has usnic acid for sure) but it's a foliose lichen with a distinct top and bottom.
Brown apothecia present.
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Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen (Letharia columbiana)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found in the Trout Lake County campground in the city of Trout Lake Washington.
Windfall Pinus spp bark was the substrate.
Large brown apothecia present.
A species partner to L. vulpina which has isidia/soredia for reproduction.
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Witch's Hair Lichens (Genus Alectoria)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Growing on windfall conifer twig (bark) in the TESC woods. Strongly pendant, does not have a central cord. Pseudocyphallae present and visible. A few brown apothecia found on specimen.
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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Growing in large cluster on decaying conifer stump in backyard. Bright yellow and bitter taste.
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White Fibrecap (Inocybe geophylla)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Little purple tinged guy. Found growing in large patch on ground in an opening in the PSME dominated forest near TESC. Growing on humus soil/grass.
I thought it was nuda, but I think it's too small.
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West Coast Reishi (Ganoderma oregonense)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Beautiful specimen of G. oregonense.
Varnished top, covered in dark brown spores. Growing on a conifer, about head height off the forest floor.
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Conifer Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus conifericola)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Chicken of the woods. Found at Browns Creek. Alittle past edibility for me!
Bright yellow, sulfur colored pores and orange top.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
littlelilyDescription
THHE, PSME, Salal, PTAQ, POMU, Wild Ginger were the dominate trees/shrubs present at the site. The mushrooms were found at the base of a conifer snag that was dying (they are parasitic)
The cap is tannish brown fading to chocolate brown in the center.
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Purple Spindles (Alloclavaria purpurea)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Purple stalk mushroom. Growing in clumps under Pine dominated canopy.
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littlelilyDescription
Bright Orange mushroom, growing right out of the sand dunes. Intermixed with grasses. Very abundant at the site. Hollow stipe, widely spaced gills.
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Pacific Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Golden shining beaute. Growing under D. Fir and Salal. Everyone was looking for B. edilus and missed the other delicious species present at the site!
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Bright red little guy. Growing under Pine trees, near coast of Washington
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Wolf Lichen (Letharia vulpina)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Bright yellow fruiticose lichen! Growing on Garry Oak bark on the west side of the Cascade Mountains!!
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Globe Ball Lichen (Sphaerophorus globosus)Observer
littlelilyDescription
True mazidium make this lichen stand out.
White thallus that is branched many times.
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Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Foliose thallus, loosely attached lobes. A very common lichen that grows on many trees in the area. This specimen was found on a Garry Oak (Quercus garryana).
Soredia present along the margins of the lobes. Pale green upper cortex and a white lower cortex.
Growing around Black River riparian area. Oak, trailing blackberry, snowberry, prairie bunch grasses and non-native grasses all around.
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Varied Rag Lichen (Platismatia glauca)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Found on a hardwood (probably garry oak) twig on the ground in the South Puget Sound prairie habitat. Foliose lichen with grass green upper cortex and mottled brown/black/white lower cortex. Marginal isidia present.
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White Chanterelle (Cantharellus subalbidus)Observer
littlelilyDescription
Beautiful specimens of the white chantrelle found underneath the Salal and Sword ferns off the trail at the Evergreen State College.
Decurrent veins that run down the stalk of the mushroom are present.
