Observations by zyreena

Unfortunately, I was unable to take a photo of this small spider. I was turning over leaves when this small spider, maybe a baby spider quickly ran away. It's body was much bigger than its head and it was white with black spots on it. It was found close to a stream but underneath the fallen leaves and near a dead log.

White spots of lichen are starting to grow onto this slim tree. Tree is unknown, leaves have all fallen by the time I saw this lichen. It might be a young Big Leaf Maple since only big leaf maple leaves are found surrounding it.

Unsure whether this is a type of turkey trail fungi. It was growing on the side of a dead log but it was looked like another part of the log. I was unable to get a better look at it. It was growing facing the stream a few feet away.

White stump like mushrooms. Maybe the are originally formed like that or they were cut. After seeing them that day, I came back a week later and any remnants were gone. They were growing near the trunk of a Big Leaf Maple tree.

Unknown plant with decaying leaves most likely to the cold climate. Compound leaves with opposite leaf branching. In the most recent week, 12/8, the plant has completely lost its leaves and the remaining branches are a very light green color with notches attached to the ends. This plant was found a few meters near a stream.

Tan colored mushrooms growing on the side of the tree's trunk. The trunk is unknown, no leaves are left on the branches. Gills are very visible and favored by nearby flies. These were found near a stream but facing away from it.

Minty white colored lichen was found on the forest floor among fallen Big Leaf Maple leaves. It seemed to have fallen off a branch from above since I was able to easily pick it up. This lichen was found a few meters away from a nearby stream.

This type of mushroom was growing in huge clusters between the trunks of Big Leaf Maples, growing in the darker crevices that the two trunks had formed. They seem to start off as tan colored mushrooms and as they dry or die out, the cap flares out and or the mushroom turns black, which I have noticed from the others in the cluster. The Big Leaf Maple that had these mushrooms was found in in a little higher elevation across from a stream.

Very small spider, maybe a baby, spotted making its way down to the top of a stick I was using to turn over leaves. Second set of legs are the longest overall and it seemed to have black stripes or nodes on its legs. As for behavior, it just kept walking around the stick until it fell off and went into the foliage.

Brown colored slug slowly moving down a thin tree. Upper half of its body is a lighter brown that the bottom. The bottom half has wrinkles and a texture to the skin than the upper half. It was found near a stream