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damontigheDescription
HAY-F-002780
Micscroscopy:
spores = round, smooth, and most with 2 oil droplets per spore
asci = not amyloid tipped in melzers,
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
aldendirksDescription
Sphagnum associated
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sigridjakobDescription
The closest sequence in Genbank is at 82% - except for one soil fungus sequence from North Carolina that's 99.18% similar. This is likely an undescribed species or a species that has been described a long time ago but has not been sequenced.
Near oak and other hardwoods in moss in a peninsula in Ohrbach Lake
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Bdelloidean Rotifers (Subclass Bdelloidea)Observer
jonathan_mackDescription
I got quite a surprise when I looked at these odd "sporodochia" and they started to wriggle around on my slide after a few minutes!
picture 2-3 show individual immediately after mounting them in water still in their deshydrated form
Picture 8 show the corona (which was ciliate, albeit this trait did not show up on pictures)
Picture 9 show a corona and toe from another individual and picture 10 show the mastax.
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Nigroporus vinosusObserver
mycofreakDescription
Underside of decaying hardwood
White rot
5-6 ppmm
Odor not distinctive
Koh : black
Bruised dark red/brownish
Spores slightly allentoid 1.25-2.5 x 3.75-4.3
Skeletal hyphae thick walled, 4um thick
Clamps present
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Ceriporia viridansObserver
mycofreakDescription
White rot on deciduous wood.
No Koh reaction
Spores IKI- 4.38-5.6 x 2.5 um
2-3 ppmm
Readily separable from substrate
No odor
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Genus OctavianiaObserver
aldendirksDescription
Blueing progression over 6 minutes
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Gymnopilus voitkiiObserver
jonathan_mackDescription
large very pale gymn with a very pleasant smell, was associated with conifers
