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What

Tree Pelt Lichen (Peltigera collina)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 26, 2012

Description

Growing on alder treel with many other lichens and bryophyte. Foliose, sorediate lobe margins. Dark green upper thallus, white/black lower. Margins perforated some margins with finger like apothecia. Found on The Evergreen State College campus, Parking Lot C.

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No photos or sounds

What

Red-banded Conks (Complex Fomitopsis pinicola)

Observer

valetparker

Date

December 2, 2012

Description

Found growing on downed conifer log. Tough, punky flesh. Blackened, textured top with concentric ridges, red/white margin. Lower surface covered in pores, cream staining, dingy yellow. 12 cm broad, 6 cm thick at base. Found on the Evergreen State College Farm Trail.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Devil's Matchstick (Pilophorus acicularis)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 1, 2012

Description

Podetia structure. Green stalk with with black apothecia. Stiff, ridgid, protruding. Growing on rocks near camp road. Found at Brown Creek; Mason Co WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

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Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia portentosa)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing everywhere. White to light green fruticose, with central stalk and branching up. Apothecia visibly not present. Found at Mima Mounds, Thurston Co WA.

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No photos or sounds

What

Trumpet Lichen (Cladonia fimbriata)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing between tire tracks growing in bryophyte. Cup shaped apothecia. Mint green. 2-3 cm. Found at Mima Mounds; Thurston Co WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Split-peg Lichen (Cladonia cariosa)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Cladonia with brown-tipped apothecia. Found growing in rotting log on a mound. Single podetia with 5-7 branching brown apothecia on top. Green stalk. Growing in bryophyte substrate. 3 cm. Found at Mima Mounds; Thurston Co WA.

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No photos or sounds

What

Fluted Black Elfin Saddle (Helvella lacunosa [inactive])

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Found growing in parking lot green belt, in grass, close to doug firs. 12 cm tall, cap 4 cm broad. Pallid grey stalk, vertically striate. Cap brain-like, no gills. Soft flesh. Located in Lacey WA.

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No photos or sounds

What

Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing in patch of grass, near doug fir. Small gilled laccaria, buff-brown orange in color. 7 cm tall. Cap even with inrolled margins. Stalk ridged and even. Gills spaced apart. Flesh stable. Found in Hokinson WA.

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No photos or sounds

What

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing out of wood in conifer forest. Yellow stem and cap. Gills yellow-green. 4-12 cm tall, cap 1-5 cm broad, slightly umbonate. Strong sulfer smell. Found in Hokinson, WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Scaly Pelt Lichen (Peltigera praetextata)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing on thick bed of bryophyte in coastal pine. Growing in large clusters. Foliose, blue-green upper thallus, white lower thallus. Rhizines present. Specimen 5-8 cm broad. Found at Twin Harbor State Park; Grayland WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Port-hole Lichen (Menegazzia terebrata)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

On untreated wood fence. Outward-growing, dichotomous branching blue-green hypogymnia. 5cm in diameter, upper cortex pale green/blue-green, lower cortex black. Found in Hokinson WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Black-footed Pixie Cup (Cladonia albonigra)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing out of Doug Fir stump. Dense cladonia with squamules. Green towards top, brown toward bottom. Cup apothecia, 4+ cm per podetia. Podetia growing from apothecia cup margins. Found in Hokinson WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Found growing in dense dune grases among salal, about 80 meters from beach. 6-10 cm tall, cap 2-5 cm broad, umbulate cap, conical to convex or plane. Caramel brown, white around cap margins. Pallid gills and stipe. Bruising blue. No annulus. Found at Twin Harbor State Park; Grayland WA.

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What

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 11, 2012

Description

Growing in dune grass, right next to coastal pine. Specimens anywhere from 5-40 cm broad, 5-25 cm tall. Bulbous base, smooth white stalk with annulus, bright red cap with white spots. Flesh thick and firm. Found at Twin Harbor State Park; Grayland WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Coral Fungi (Genus Ramaria)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Found half-buried in loose humus soil. Between two spruce trees. Honey brown lobes, light orange base. Firm flesh. Smells "doughy". Found at Langfield Falls; Trout Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Blue Chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Growing on North bank of stream bed, right under spruce sapling. Inky blue-grey, growing in cluster. Smeels like yeast, tastes same. Found at Langfield Falls; Trout Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Red-bleeding Milk Cap (Lactarius rubrilacteus)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Growing among bryophyte substrate approx. 3 meters from logging road. Cap 3 cm broad, 2 cm tall (young specimen). Orange with tan concentric lines. Bleeding bright red latex. Firm flesh. Gills attached, pallid brown. Found at Mosquito Lake; Trout Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Pin Lichen found on Pinus Contorta snag. Black sorediate, podetia-like structure with apothecia-like round top. .4 mm tall. Found at Lava Flow; Trount Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Wrinkled Tube Lichen (Hypogymnia rugosa)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Found in prairie on old, dried hardwood log. White/tan upper cortex, black margins and dots on surface. Large cup apothecia, brown. Black lower cortex. Foliose. Found at Mosquito Lake; Trout Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Gray Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia rangiferina)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Fruticose lichen, brittle. Growing in large cluster, .5 to 1 meter broad. Growing on lava rock in humus substrate. Frosty White. Fround at Lava Flow; Trout Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Toy Soldiers (Cladonia bellidiflora)

Observer

valetparker

Date

October 10, 2012

Description

Found on lava rock with thin layer of soil. Mint green, covered in squamules. Red apothecia on top. Green algal photobiont. Found at Lava Flow, Trout Lake WA.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

Observer

valetparker

Date

Missing Date

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 28, 2012

Description

Growing out of decomposed wood in an alley. Large brown mushroom growing in clusters, yellower at base, slowly turning hazelnut brown up stipe and cap. Gills rusty brown. Flesh flexible. Found on Westside Olympia.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Inflated Beard (Usnea cornuta)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 26, 2012

Description

Growing on alder log. Central cord, yellow color. Fruticose. Primary stalk with perpendicular branching. 4-13 cm. Found on Westside Olympia.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Shield Lichen (Parmelia sulcata)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 26, 2012

Description

Found on alder log. White upper cortex and black lower cortex. Deflated lobes. Dichotomous branching. 4-12 cm broad. Lobes .5-1 cm wide. Found on Westside Olympia.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 26, 2012

Description

Found on an alder log branch. Foliose, mint on one side, white on the other. Outward branching. 2-7 cm. Found on Westside Olympia.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Double-Rimmed Saucer Lichen (Ochrolechia oregonensis)

Observer

valetparker

Date

December 1, 2012

Description

Found growing on deciduous bark. Green crustose lichen with "pumpkin pie" apothecia. Orange with white ring varying in size. Caps .5-3 mm diameter. Found on the Evergreen State College campus, parking lot C.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Jellied Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula candida)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 27, 2012

Description

Growing on piece of wood on side of trail. Small bird's nest fungi. Pallid grey outer cortex, tan inner cup. 1 cm tall. Growing in groups. Full of "eggs". Found on farm trail, the Evergreen State College.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 29, 2012

Description

Found on the side of a cleanly sawed-off conifer log. Banded color, grey to green to brown to tan. Small, 1-4 cm broad. Flexible flesh. Purple to brown pores on bottom. Found on the Evergreen State College campus.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)

Observer

valetparker

Date

November 6, 2012

Description

Growing on side of trail in gravel/humus soil mix. Stalk 12-15 cm, cap 5-8 cm. Olive green cap, pallid brown gills, white/cream stalk. Gills close. Found on the Evergreen State College campus.

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