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Slender Stinging Nettle (Urtica gracilis)Observer
jonaullDescription
confirmed it stings
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Life (Life)Observer
robirwinDescription
Maybe a fungi, maybe a slime mold?
Found growing in garden soil
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Ryukyu Islands Tree Rat (Diplothrix legata)Observer
chouenyuDescription
juvenile individual
dead but not sure what reason for
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Denseflower Rein Orchid (Platanthera elongata)Observer
mitchellbamfordDescription
Under dense Quercus chrysolepis canopy.
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Two-horned Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus dubiosus)Observer
suburbanpoisonDescription
Ventral side on midrib of Interior Live Oak leaf
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
suburbanpoisonDescription
Flange gall wasp. I have yet to find a species name for this unstudied gall.
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Brachycybe productaObserver
zahnlexjDescription
under large bare sycamore log
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Family CambalidaeObserver
zahnlexjDescription
under bare California bay laurel log; I need to get these guys under a microscope to be sure of the order/family
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Brachycybe roseaObserver
zahnlexjDescription
under bare California bay laurel log
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Brachycybe productaObserver
zahnlexjDescription
under bare California bay laurel log
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Graemeloweus ivieiObserver
zahnlexjPlace
Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve; logs surrounding parking log; Forest Ranch, CA 95942, USA (Google, OSM)Description
under chopped oak log
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Brachycybe productaObserver
zahnlexjPlace
Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve; logs surrounding parking log; Forest Ranch, CA 95942, USA (Google, OSM)Description
under chopped oak logs
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Brachycybe roseaObserver
zahnlexjPlace
Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve; logs surrounding parking log; Forest Ranch, CA 95942, USA (Google, OSM)Description
under chopped oak logs
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Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii)Observer
robirwinDescription
A view of the underside of the roots of a fallen blue oak
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Wild Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)Observer
robirwinDescription
Growing near willows and alder in a riparian area
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Hairy Gumweed (Grindelia hirsutula)Observer
robirwinDescription
A couple of the flower heads were fasciated
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Downy Pincushionplant (Navarretia pubescens)Observer
robirwinDescription
Stigma 2 cleft (2nd picture shadow of stigma on petal). Corolla tube and throat purple, the lobes bright blue, lacking dark basal spots; Found in Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills
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Fivespot (Nemophila maculata)Observer
robirwinDescription
A few plants found growing in a small grassland alongside Nemophila menziesii (3rd pic). This plant is unknown from the area, so I'm wondering why its here now.
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Silky Pinkgill (Entoloma sericeum)Observer
dawnwanDescription
In moss and grass under mixed hardwoods and pine
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Conifer Broomrape (Aphyllon pinorum)Observer
raphaela_fbDescription
no host plant observed
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California Dogface (Zerene eurydice)Observer
pbsandsDescription
Huff canyon isolated population
Rare here
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prirodovedecDescription
Large, 2.5" long, insect carying eggs on the back. 2 individuals found close together between rocks in shallow water of the Chico Creek, resting just below the surface.
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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)Observer
dterryDescription
Removed from Butte Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve
