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Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)Observer
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Flowering. In the greenspace/woodland behind our back fence.
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)Observer
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In our backyard rhododendron blooms.
Very large stature.
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Changing Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis discolor)Observer
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Flowering/flower budding.
Abundant above the bulkhead/beach trail.
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Northern Red Belt (Fomitopsis mounceae)Observer
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Fruiting on the cut end of a fallen Douglas fir.
Pore layer margin exuding guttation.
Did not harvest.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Brittle Cinder (Kretzschmaria deusta)Observer
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Young Spring season asexual phase fruiting on a heavily waterlogged/decorticated hardwood. Acer macrophyllum surrounding area.
Harvested 2 specimens.
Analyzed/photographed grayish powdery surface with Apexel macro lens attachment at 24X.
Removed small paper thin layers of outer tissue and mounted on a glass slide in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Conidia: tear drop shaped(Lacrymoid) to elongate/fusiform. Hyaline and thin walled(translucent in KOH).
Produced from dense bundles of cylindrical irregularly shaped elements/columns.
See all shots of work up.
Dehydrating specimens for herbarium collection/genetic record with this observation.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)Observer
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First of the season on our back rhododendron blooms.
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Pale Oyster (Pleurotus pulmonarius)Observer
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Mature fruiting on a fallen Alnus rubra.
Harvested multiple specimens and breaded/dried with pulverized Ritz crackers, flour, garlic powder and porcini salt.
Dehydrating a portion of a single specimen for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Rosy Conk (Fomitopsis cajanderi)Observer
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Fruiting on fallen Douglas fir.
Pore surface: vibrant pink, large round pores.
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Common Eyelash (Scutellinia scutellata)Observer
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Fruiting on the cut end of a fallen Alnus rubra.
Harvested 12 specimens attached to portion of host/substrate.
Analyzed/photographed large setae at home with Apexel 12/24X macro lens attachment.
Performed crush mount of tissue in Lugol’s solution and 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: multiguttulate(multiple small granular dots/granules within each spore). Elliptical, ovoid. Spores slightly wrinkled/verrucose. Medium/large in size.
Asci: 8 spored, cylindrical. Non-amyloid.
Setae: spear like, very large, with a single septa(notch) in center of most analyzed(biseptate).
Paraphyses: With SWOLLEN APICES.
Dehydrating all specimens folded in tissue for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Western Panther (Amanita pantherinoides)Observer
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Fruiting along Driftwood Rd. NW near modular housing at the Evergreen State college campus. Beneath Douglas fir and big leaf maple.
Harvested a single fruiting body and dehydrating for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Western Panther (Amanita pantherinoides)Observer
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Fruiting beneath Douglas fir near the F lot parking entrance.
Cap: Pale honey yellow but tacky/subviscid.
Volva: tight, collar like but not flaring.
Harvested portion of cap and dehydrating for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans)Observer
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A very robust/large single specimen fruiting from an old pile of Acer macrophyllum leaves. Across from Watershed park area on Henderson Blvd.
Noticed while driving home from Squaxin.
Size: 8 inches from base to cap apex.
Harvested specimen.
Removed single gill and mounted in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: Ellipsoid to ovoid, medium orange brown, large sized, germ pore.
Cheilocystidia: club like, irregularly shaped, cylindrical to irregularly lageniform. Thin walled.
Basidia: 4 sterigmate. Broadly clavate rounded in shape.
Gills starting to stain brown from spore deposit by the time I finished with microscopy.
Dehydrating specimen for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua)Observer
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Flowering.
Volunteering on the woodland edge of Henderson Blvd. approximately 50 yards South of Watershed park entrance lot.
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Cliff Scalewort (Porella cordaeana)Observer
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Growing on a large boulder/stone near a roadside drainage.
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Large-leaved Avens (Geum macrophyllum)Observer
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Flowering.
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Inocybe praecoxObserver
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Single mature fruiting beneath Douglas fir.
Stem: pruinose, large abrupt bulb at base.
Cap: brownish orange, umbonate. Radial fibrils around darker central disc.
Odor: none detected.
Harvested specimen.
Removed single gill and mounted in 3% KOH on a glass slide.
Spore print: grayish brown.
Microscopy:
Spores: ellipsoid, medium sized, smooth, thick walled.
Cheilocystidia: Metuloid, large, thick walled with encrusted golden tips.
The occurrence in spring, completely pruinose stem with abrupt bulb, brownish orange cap with raised fibrillose disc, smooth ellipsoid spores and encrusted cheilocystidia match well for Inocybe praecox.
Dehydrating specimen for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Wood Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis sylvatica)Observer
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Flowering.
Leaves elongated, slender, lanceolate.
Woodland habitat.
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Licorice Fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)Observer
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Growing on mature Acer macrophyllum.
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Western Panther (Amanita pantherinoides)Observer
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Single mature fruiting body beneath Acer macrophyllum.
Harvested specimen and dehydrating for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Mountain Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi)Observer
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Flowering/flower budding.
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Western Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule)Observer
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Flowering/flower budding.
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Western Panther (Amanita pantherinoides)Observer
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Fruiting beneath Douglas fir, Evergreen huckleberry and Western red cedar.
Harvested specimen and dehydrating for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Genus HeimiomycesObserver
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Heimiomyces cf tenuipes:
Single dried out fruiting body beneath Douglas fir and Western red cedar.
Stem: completely velvety/minutely hirsute.
Orange overall, deep rooting stem base darker orange(but equally hirsute).
Cap: infundibule, slightly granulose. Margins striate.
Gills: not crowded but close. Notched/mature.
Odor: slightly metallic.
Harvested specimen and dehydrating for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum var. ovatum)Observer
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Flowering.
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Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum var. ovatum)Observer
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Flowering.
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Little Cone Bell (Entoloma holoconiotum)Observer
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Single fruiting beneath Douglas fir and Western red cedar.
Stem: pruinose.
Odor: not distinct.
Harvested specimen and dehydrating for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum var. ovatum)Observer
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Flowering.
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Rusty Porecrust (Fuscoporia ferruginosa)Observer
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Large fruiting coating a fallen Alnus rubra.
Reddish brown overall with minute shelving above pores.
Harvested two sections.
Applied 3% KOH to surface. Darkened, but no distinct change after 5 minutes.
Removed thin pore layer surface/tissue and mounted in 3% KOH on a glass slide.
MICROSCOPY:
Setae: abundant along outer edge of tissue. Long and spear like with fine pointed/sharp tips.
Basidia: 4 sterigmate.
Hyphae: Septate, notches, notch points slightly flaring at intersection or where separated.
Spores: Ellipsoid, with a single guttule(oil dot) in center of each spore(appearing like black eyed peas). Very small, thin walled.
All macroscopic and microscopic features match for F. ferruginosa.
Dehydrating both specimens to bag for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
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Fruiting on a fallen Alnus rubra.
Drastic contrasted cap zones, densely hirsute throughout.
Pore surface: large, circular pores(easily visible to naked eye).
Harvested for dehydration and later use in tincture. Preserving a single specimen/bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)Observer
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Larvae.
Crawling on the sidewalk edge outside of my son’s elementary school.
Shot with iPhone11 Pro Max.
