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California Sister (Adelpha californica)Observer
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Not sure what’s wrong with its wing :/ seemed hurt, on side of trail.
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Luxury Caps (Collybiopsis luxurians)Observer
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On backyard mulch where deer and dogs poop a lot. Lol right off the open space
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Mulch Maids (Leratiomyces percevalii)Observer
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Lafayette Moraga trail
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Western Amethyst Laccaria (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)Observer
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Joaquin Miller Park, grass under mixed oak and conifers !
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Boletes and Allies (Order Boletales)Observer
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Pored mushroom that kind of fits Xerocomellus chrysenteron, except no visible red.
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Coastal Manroot (Marah oregana)Observer
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Kind of looks like a manroot but only four spurs on the flowers, and it's a trailing vine. Found in Joaquin Miller Park. Curious if anyone knows offhand what it is!
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Springtime Amanita (Amanita velosa)Observer
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Found in Joaquin Miller Park, solitary.
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Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres)Observer
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Beautiful, unblemished, and still slimy from the rain!
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Mica Cap (Coprinellus micaceus)Observer
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Really prominent cheilocystidia! Next to Anna Head Alumni Hall
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California Beeplant (Scrophularia californica)Observer
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Smelled very savory, food-like. Curious what it is!
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Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)Observer
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Found on woodchips between Tilman Hall and the Chancellor's Mansion. Bright, warm day after two days of good rain! The last picture is about 20 ft away from the first two, and a little more "cup"-like, but pretty sure it's the same?
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
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All. Over. The. Place. !
Right in the planter outside Channing-Bowditch Apartments. Super gregarious after two days of moderate rain.
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Oak-loving Gymnopus (Gymnopus dryophilus)Observer
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Found outside Channing-Bowditch University housing, lots of Amanita around too.
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Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus)Observer
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Found on UC Berkeley campus after two days good rain. In redwoods north of Haas Pavilion. It has a quick yellow staining reaction, especially on the younger one, but I think not dark brown enough in the gills to be A. xanthodermus?
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False Chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca)Observer
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Found on UC Berkeley campus near faculty club and optometry school. Under redwoods, near creek, lots of them! Very wet, left iodine-looking liquid all over my hands. Rained a lot past two days. False chanterelle?
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California Satan's Bolete (Rubroboletus eastwoodiae)Observer
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Found in extremely dry dirt in soccer field parking lot, looked very infertile and a weird place to find a mushroom!