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Sonoran Desert Toad (Incilius alvarius)Observer
skylarbDescription
Found in our chlorinated pool this AM! Need to know where we should put him!
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Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing grouped, in disturbed parking lot grassy area. Gray brown body with white spots. Spores olive colored.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered under conifers and ferns. Dark brown scaly cap. Gills white to buff. Stem white at apex becoming scaly and brown towards base.
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Yellow Knight (Tricholoma equestre)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered under conifers and fern. Cap yellow with black streaking radiating from center. Gills a very pale yellow. Stem pale yellow.
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Panthercap (Amanita pantherina)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered everywhere in park. Brownish to buff cap with white warts. Gills and stipe white. Partial veil/annulus white.
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Armillaria nabsnonaObserver
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered in grass in slow moving stream. Cap yellow/orange brown with very striated margin. Gills light brown to buff. Gill edges dark brown and spotted with age. Stem very dark brown almost black.
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
skylarbDescription
It's Amanita muscaria. Do you need notes?
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Purple Spindles (Alloclavaria purpurea)Observer
skylarbDescription
Dusty lilac. Growing everywhere, grouped. Base lighter lilac to white. Fleshy.
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Short-stalked Suillus (Suillus brevipes)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered in sand/sandy soil. Cap dark brown, bruising green. Cap flesh pale yellow. Pore layer yellow bruising brown. Stem pale yellow with pinkish and yellow flesh. EXTREMELY slimy. And full of maggots.
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Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)Observer
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Missing LocationDescription
Growing scattered in pine needles and sand/very sandy soil. Rosey brown, striated, depressed cap. Lighter at margin. Gills a rusty rose. Brown stem.
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Curry Milkcap (Lactarius camphoratus)Observer
skylarbDescription
Found in old growth conifer forest. Growing gregariously. Dark honey to light honey brown. Smell if sweet maple syrup.
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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing clustered, sheltered under the roots of an old growth pine. Almost neon yellow.
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Smith's Amanita (Amanita smithiana)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered in a disturbed gravel clearing surrounded by Doug Fir, salal, and blackberry. Characteristic veil remnants on older specimen washed off.
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Toothed Jelly Fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing gregariously on old growth pine (rotting). Clear gelatinous fungi.
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Fluted Black Elfin Saddle (Helvella lacunosa [inactive])Observer
skylarbDescription
Dark gray, brainy cap with warped, light gray stipe. Growing scattered under old growth conifers.
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Gassy Webcap (Cortinarius traganus)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing scattered near old growth pine. Lilac cap and gills with rusty brown gills.
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Observer
skylarbDescription
Cedar, hemlock, huckleberry, rhododendron, and fern nearby. Caespitose. Smells strongly of sweet almonds. Cap is dark chestnut zone to pale yellow in margin. Gills white, adnate. Stem pale white yellow. Cap sticky to slimy.
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Woolly Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula niveotomentosa)Observer
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Missing LocationDescription
Scattered in rotting wood. White fuzzy hairs covering outer body. Cream top with dark brown speckles. Gelatinous inner with brown "seeds".
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Coral Fungi (Genus Ramaria)Observer
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Missing LocationDescription
Coral orange, slightly paler at tips. Conifers and sword ferns nearby. No bruising. No rusty root. Inamyloid.
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Red-banded Polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing on dead hemlock or cedar. Brown zonations. White yellow margin. Bruises yellow. Woody and hoof shaped.
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Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)Observer
skylarbDescription
Golden yellow cap center gradually fading to almost white margin. Viscid. Shaggy veil remnants hanging of margin and in stipe, especially at base. Gray gills. Scattered. Sword fern and maple nearby.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
skylarbDescription
White cap, gills, stem, and presumably spores. Sticky cap, stem, and gills. Growing gregariously. Predominant Hemlock and sword fern.
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False Chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca)Observer
skylarbDescription
Growing on rotting conifer. Cap with very dark center, lightening near margins. Cap upturned and wavy. Margins a light yellow brown. Gills orange, fading with age. Growing scattered.
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Observer
skylarbDescription
Recent heavy rains. Club to strap shape. Off yellow beige.
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Jellied Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula candida)Observer
skylarbDescription
Many specimens scattered on rotting wood. Heavy rains the day before. Many of the fungi are open, exposing "eggs". Mouth of fruiting body is flared. Light buff gray brown with chocolate brown "fuzz" or spotting. Inside of body is gelatinous.
