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Coprinellus Sect. Domestici (Section Domestici)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Pileus: up to 1.8 cm wide, up to 2.8 cm tall, orangish brown to light gray, ovoid becoming conic, pleated, furfuraceous
Lamellae: white becoming dark brown, adnexed, crowded, deliquescing in age
Stipe: up to 7 cm tall, 5-8 cm wide, white, smooth, terete, subclavate, hollow, fragile, orange ozonium at base
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: gregarious to cespitose
Substrate: decaying hardwood log, likely Populus trichocarpa
Habitat: riparian hardwood forest dominated by Populus trichocarpa and Fraxinus latifolia
Elevation: 19 m
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Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
On a plugged log left in the park by someone.
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Otidea tuomikoskiiObserver
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Apothecium: 4-7.5 cm tall, 1.5-3 cm wide, erect rabbit-ear shape, brownish white smooth hymenial surface, tan warty exciple surface
Stipe: up to 0.5 cm tall, tomentose
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: cespitose
Substrate: soil and duff under Pseudotsuga menziesii and Thuja plicata
Habitat: mixed conifer/hardwood forest dominated by Pseudotsuga menziesii and Acer macrophyllum
Elevation: 189 m
Ascospores: white deposit, elliptic, biguttulate, measuring (8.7) 9.3 - 10.7 (11.4) × (5.4) 5.5 - 6.2 (6.3) µm, Q = (1.5) 1.6 - 1.8 (1.9), N = 33, Me = 10.1 × 5.9 µm, Qe = 1.7
Asci: 10-11 µm wide
Paraphyses: 2.5-3.5 µm wide, curved to hooked, a few with notches, equal to slightly broader at apices
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Genus HygrophoropsisObserver
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Pileus: 2-3 cm wide, pale orange to white at margin, depressed, pubescent, margin involute and undulating
Lamellae: pale orange, decurrent, crowded, forking
Stipe: 1.5 cm tall, 3-4 mm wide, orange with red blotches, fibrous, terete, equal
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: gregarious to cespitose
Substrate: mossy decayed conifer stump
Habitat: mixed conifer/hardwood forest dominated by Pseudotsuga menziesii and Acer macrophyllum
Elevation: 256 m
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Genus MacrocystidiaObserver
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Pileus: 0.9-2 cm wide, color is a gradient from nearly white at the margin to orangish brown to dark reddish brown at center, planar umbonate, smooth, margin transluscent striate, hygrophanous
Lamellae: cream white, adnate, close, lamellulate
Stipe: 2-4 cm tall, 1-2 mm wide, reddish brown at apex darkening to black at base, scurfy, terete, equal, hollow
Odor: cucumber
Taste: not sampled
Habit: gregarious
Substrate: rich soil under Thuja plicata duff
Habitat: urban yard near Thuja plicata
Elevation: 31 m
Basidiospores: light pinkish deposit, elliptic, smooth, measuring (8.2) 8.7 - 9.8 (10.4) × (3.9) 4.3 - 4.56 (4.6) µm, Q = (1.8) 1.9 - 2.3 (2.4), N = 30, Me = 9.3 × 4.4 µm, Qe = 2.1
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Blewit (Collybia nuda)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Pileus: 2-4 cm wide, light pinkish purple, convex, glabrous, margin incurved
Lamellae: light pinkish purple, adnate, close, lamellulate
Stipe: 3-5 cm tall, 5-8 mm wide, light pinkish purple, fibrillose, terete, subclavate, purple basal mycelia
Odor: pleasantly fragrant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: gregarious
Substrate: Sequoiadendron giganteum duff
Habitat: Sequoiadendron giganteum stand in an urban park
Elevation: 22 m
Basidiospores: pinkish white deposit, elliptic, smooth, measuring (7) 7.2 - 8.5 (9.4) × (3.8) 3.9 - 4.5 (5.2) µm, Q = (1.5) 1.7 - 2 (2.2), N = 30, Me = 7.9 × 4.3 µm, Qe = 1.9
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Entoloma subeuchroumObserver
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Pileus: 1.2-2 cm wide, blue violet, campanulate, squamose
Lamellae: white, adnexed, subdistant, lamellulate
Stipe: 3.5-4.5 cm tall, 2 mm wide, blue gray, logintudinally striate, lightly pubescent, terete, equal
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: two cespitose sporocarps
Substrate: mossy conifer log
Habitat: mixed conifer/hardwood forest dominated by Pseudotsuga menziesii and Acer macrophyllum
Elevation: 189 m
Basidiospores: light pink deposit, somewhat angular, smooth, measuring (6.7) 8 - 9.3 (10.1) × (5.2) 5.4 - 6.2 (6.6) µm, Q = (1.2) 1.3 - 1.59 (1.6), N = 30, Me = 8.6 × 5.8 µm, Qe = 1.5
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Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Apothecium: 2 cm wide, 2 cm tall, red smooth hymenial surface, pinkish white smooth exciple surface, stipitate
Stipe: 1 cm tall, 0.5-0.7 cm wide, white, smooth, terete, tapering
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: solitary
Substrate: buried wood
Habitat: mixed conifer/hardwood forest dominated by Pseudotsuga menziesii and Acer macrophyllum
Elevation: 297 m
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
2 coyotes crossing the road, no time for picture
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Gloiodon strigosusObserver
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
Pileus: up to 4 cm wide, up to 1 cm thick, extending up to 3 cm from substrate, brown to dark brown, astipitate, dimidiate, strigose, soft flesh
Hymenophore: spinose, spines up to 0.3 cm long, white with orangish brown shades at base of spines
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: gregarious, imbricate
Substrate: decaying Populus trichocarpa log
Habitat: riparian hardwood forest dominated by Populus trichocarpa and Fraxinus latifolia
Elevation: 11 m
Basidiospores: white deposit, broadly elliptic to round, verrucose, measuring (4.3) 4.7 - 5.5 (5.7) × (3.9) 4.2 - 4.8 (5) µm, Q = (1) 1.1 - 1.2 (1.3), N = 34, Me = 5.1 × 4.4 µm, Qe = 1.2
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
on unknown wood
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Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
on a conifer log
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Wolf Lichen (Letharia vulpina)Observer
deathtofalsemorelsDescription
soredia and isidia present; no apothecia
on the bole of a freshly fallen Pseudotsuga menziesii