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Mayapple Rust (Allodus podophylli)Observer
cotterhDescription
Aeciospores smooth globose to angular ellipitical. Wall thickening and becoming roughened. 20-27.5 x 20-30 (35) microm.
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Fairy Ring Marasmius (Marasmius oreades)Observer
cotterhDescription
Fairy arc in lawn.
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Honeydew Eater (Scorias spongiosa)Observer
cotterhDescription
On twigs and bole of Fagus grandifolia.
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Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus)Observer
cotterhDescription
On well rotted hardwood log.
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Black Morels (Section Distantes)Observer
cotterhDescription
On ground in garden of herbaceous ornamentals and vegetables. No woody plants nearby.
One fruiting body found; slugs actively feeding on it..
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
cotterhDescription
Mourning dove on nest; 2 eggs in nest.
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)Observer
cotterhDescription
One of the pair of Canada geese was on the nest and the other in the water nearby guarding.
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Sharp Hornsnail (Pleurocera acuta)Observer
cotterhDescription
Washed up on Lake Erie beach. These shells were pallid whereas most of the P. acuta shells had bands of pigment.
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Sharp Hornsnail (Pleurocera acuta)Observer
cotterhDescription
Washed up on Lake Erie beach.
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)Observer
cotterhDescription
Residential pond. Alongside blue heron.
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Artillery Plant (Pilea microphylla)Observer
cotterhDescription
On trunk of palm tree. Residential yard.
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Centipede Grass Orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica)Observer
cotterhDescription
In residential landscape. Single plant.
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Rosy Crust (Peniophora incarnata)Observer
cotterhDescription
On dead hardwood twig.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
cotterhDescription
On dead hardwood twig. Abundant lamprocystidia on hymenium.
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Ceramic Parchment (Xylobolus frustulatus)Observer
cotterhDescription
On large old oak stump.
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)Observer
cotterhDescription
On Carolina hemlock twigs and needles.
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Giraffe Spots (Peniophora albobadia)Observer
cotterhDescription
On hardwood branch, possibly Fraxinus. Lamprocystidia abundant on hymenium.
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Honeydew Eater (Scorias spongiosa)Observer
cotterhDescription
On marcescent American beech leaves and twigs.
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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)Observer
cotterhDescription
Captured inside house. Chin hairs white with gray on basal area.
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Brown-toothed Crust Fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea)Observer
cotterhDescription
Mixed hardwood forest, mostly oaks.
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Orange Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus)Observer
cotterhDescription
On cut end of Pinus log. Tuning fork basidia. Basidiospores 5-7 septate, hyaline, 13-21 x 5.5-7.5 microm. Mixed forest of pines and hardwoods.
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Bonnets (Genus Mycena)Observer
cotterhDescription
On oak twig on forest floor. Mixed hardwood forest including Quercus, Acer, Carya. White spore print. Basidiospores hyaline, inamyloid, ellipsoid, 5-6 x 9-10 micrometres, thick-walled, granular contents typically with large single oil droplet, apiculate.
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Velvet Foot (Flammulina velutipes)Observer
cotterhDescription
On standing bole of dead hardwood tree. Mixed hardwood forest including Quercus, Populus, Acer, Carya.
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Beechwood Woodwart (Jackrogersella cohaerens)Observer
cotterhDescription
On dead Fagus grandifolia bole and branches. Ascospores blackish brown, inequilateral, 10-1 x 4.5-5 microm with germ slit.
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Yellow Fairy Cups (Calycina citrina)Observer
cotterhDescription
On very rotten wood probably oak. Mixed hardwood forest including red and white oaks. Bright yellow hymenium drying yellowish orange, 0.5-1.5 (3.5) mm diam, Stout short pale yellow stipe. Ascospores mostly 1-septate, hyaline, ellipsoid with tapered ends, (10) 12 (14) x 3-4 microm. Ascal tips weakly amyloid.
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Phellinus everhartiiObserver
cotterhDescription
On bole of Quercus alba. Mixed hardwood forest including red and white oaks.
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Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)Observer
cotterhDescription
On ground along driveway near garage; 215 W Maplehurst, Ferndale MI. 20 cm or more across. Mature gleba yellowish brown - Methuen 5D5. Capillitia and basidiospores gold colored in 3% KOH. Capillitia thickwalled with pits, sparingly branched with rare septae, 2.5 - 5 microm diam. Basidiospores globose 4 microm diam, smooth, without pedicel.
