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Tree Pelt Lichen (Peltigera collina)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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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Red-banded Conks (Complex Fomitopsis pinicola)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Devil's Matchstick (Pilophorus acicularis)Observer
valetparkerDescription
Podetia structure. Green stalk with with black apothecia. Stiff, ridgid, protruding. Growing on rocks near camp road. Found at Brown Creek; Mason Co WA.
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Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia portentosa)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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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Trumpet Lichen (Cladonia fimbriata)Observer
valetparkerDescription
Growing between tire tracks growing in bryophyte. Cup shaped apothecia. Mint green. 2-3 cm. Found at Mima Mounds; Thurston Co WA.
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Split-peg Lichen (Cladonia cariosa)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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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Fluted Black Elfin Saddle (Helvella lacunosa [inactive])Observer
valetparkerDescription
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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Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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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Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Scaly Pelt Lichen (Peltigera praetextata)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Port-hole Lichen (Menegazzia terebrata)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Black-footed Pixie Cup (Cladonia albonigra)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Psilocybe azurescensObserver
valetparkerDescription
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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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Coral Fungi (Genus Ramaria)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Blue Chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Red-bleeding Milk Cap (Lactarius rubrilacteus)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Genus SphinctrinaObserver
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Wrinkled Tube Lichen (Hypogymnia rugosa)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Gray Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia rangiferina)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Toy Soldiers (Cladonia bellidiflora)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Inflated Beard (Usnea cornuta)Observer
valetparkerDescription
Growing on alder log. Central cord, yellow color. Fruticose. Primary stalk with perpendicular branching. 4-13 cm. Found on Westside Olympia.
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Shield Lichen (Parmelia sulcata)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)Observer
valetparkerDescription
Found on an alder log branch. Foliose, mint on one side, white on the other. Outward branching. 2-7 cm. Found on Westside Olympia.
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Double-Rimmed Saucer Lichen (Ochrolechia oregonensis)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Jellied Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula candida)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.
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Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)Observer
valetparkerDescription
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.