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Something...Observer
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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Unknown orange-red invertebrate found in a mud grab from the Crissy field tidal marsh. It has one large elephant trunk-like appendage and many small worm-like appendages. It is also centered around a caddisfly-like sediment blob. Any ideas?
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Something...Observer
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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Orange slimy fungus on a dead oak branch. Can anyone help me identify?
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Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata)Observer
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Growing at the beach beneath Lands End.
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Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)Observer
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Purple flowers. Very soft leaves.
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Rushes (Genus Juncus)Observer
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This is hard to see, but it's a bare stick with short branches coming off at 45 degree angles.
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Leathery Polypody (Polypodium scouleri)Observer
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Missing Location
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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It's hard to see, but the focus of this photo is supposed to be on the bare stick with short branches coming off the stem at 45 degree angles. I believe it's a leafless poison oak branch.
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Orange Rock Hair (Trentepohlia aurea)Observer
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variety: polycarpa
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Sea Campion (Silene uniflora)Observer
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I found this flower in a cave near the beach. It reminded me of paper bag flowers that I've seen in the desert before.
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White-tailed and Mule Deer (Genus Odocoileus)Observer
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Sleepy hollow cemetery
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Black-yellow-black caterpillar. The summer camper's at Crissy Field Center are finding these things left and right. They seem to be thriving on our recently planted arroyo willow fence. The Chrysalis is so well camouflaged it was really hard to find again after I went inside to get my camera.
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Pellitory-of-the-Wall (Parietaria judaica)Observer
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I'm trying to identify this backyard weed. It's leaves grow alternate off the stem, and the flowers are at the base of were the leaves shoot off of the stem. I think it's a pretty common garden weed.
There is a tiny spot of purple on some of the tiny flowers. The stem feels rigid, almost hexagonal.
Can anyone help me ID this? I've been wondering what it is for a long time.
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Stinkhorns (Family Phallaceae)Observer
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First I saw a bright orange mushroom that I thought looked like a Morrell. I went to go check it out more closely, and I noticed it was rotting and sort of slimy. There were flies on it. It stank pretty bad, kind of like feces. Next to it I found what I then thought to be 4 puffball mushrooms. I was excited because I had heard puffball mushrooms are usually edible. I brought them home to identify, cut them open and found that they were slimy like Jello on the inside. After doing some book/internet research I discovered for myself that both mushrooms were the same, a species of stinkhorn. I put the four "eggs" in my backyard, I'm excited to see if they "hatch" into a stinky mess.
