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Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma applanatum)Observer
stelleri5Description
This was growing on the same tree as the small brown mushroom (s). Based on the brown top and easily scaring underside, this is most likely a species belonging to the genus Ganoderma. However, as I am not well versed in mushrooms of Japan and I wasn't able to collect a specimen for further analysis, I can't narrow this one down to species :/
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
stelleri5Description
Found this growing inside a cavity of a decaying tree.
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Woodsorrels (Genus Oxalis)Observer
stelleri5Description
Found growing wild next to a bush on the way home from a friend's. Flowers are a rich pink; almost magenta. 5 merus, around 10 stamens. Flowers grow on their own stalk and the leaves are in 3s; very reminiscent of plants in the Fabaceae family. When I saw them earlier the flowers were open, but most have now closed (I'm guessing because the temperature has dropped now that it's evening.
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Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)Observer
stelleri5Description
pretty sure these are decaying Turkey tail mushrooms.
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Garden Pansy (Viola × wittrockiana)Observer
stelleri5Description
found outside someone's house in a residential area. Petty sure it was planted.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Tree Jelly Lichens (Genus Collema)Observer
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I think this was my best find of the day. I caught this out of the corner of my eye on the way down from my hike to Takeda castle.
