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Yellow Fairy Cups (Calycina citrina)Observer
alison_pollackDescription
From the top (second photo) these look like Bisporella citrina, relatively common in my area. But as far as I know Bisporella citrina does not have a stem. Perhaps this is some type of Chloroscypha or Hymenoscyphus?
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Dewdrop Bonnet (Hemimycena tortuosa)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
Found on a piece of well decayed tan oak log.
Micrograph shows pileipellis with corkscrew cystidia, spores and a basidium 1000x.
Cheilocystidia fusiform.
Spores from the cap / gills measure:
(8.5) 8.6 - 10 (10.4) × (2.9) 3 - 3.3 (3.4) µm
Q = (2.8) 2.82 - 3.29 (3.3) ; N = 12
Me = 9.4 × 3.1 µm ; Qe = 3
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Genus CordycepsObserver
alan_rockefellerDescription
I wasn't able to find the host. At the base of a palm tree.
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
Under Fagus sylvicola. Likely the European species because the volva is white and host tree is European.
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Coastal Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)Observer
herpmfDescription
Crossing road.
