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Bicoloured Deceiver (Laccaria bicolor)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing under Pinus contorta in a dense layer of needles in full shade. Sprouting under trees boardering sand dunes.
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing under stands of Pinus contorta boardering the beach.
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Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Dense clusters growing out of soil next to sidewalk. Growing under Alnus rubra in full shade.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing in a swampy area. Sprouting out of an old log. Yellow cap center to lighter edge. White yellow gills and bright, shiny stems.
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Jellied Bird's Nest Fungus (Nidula candida)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing on side of disturbed trail. Large clusters poking out of ground, growing out of chunks of buried wood. When squished, amber gel bursts out.
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Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)Observer
kimedgeDescription
White to grey Agaric growing out from under downed logs in full shade. A small cluster with all ages present. Light pink gills turn grey when drying. Leave behind a movable veil ring around stipe.
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Hare's Foot Inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing on side of trail through deep leaf litter and full shade. Long clusters stretch next to trail in disturbed soil.
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Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Extremely shiny, slimy red capped mushrooms. Growing in disturbed area in recently landscaped bark.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Tiny white to light brown mushrooms growing directly off twigs, with no stem. Fine and very thin, delicate flesh with wide gills.
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Toothed Jelly Fungus (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing close to the base of a Pseudotsuga mensezii, clustered to rotting chunks of wood. Dark, full shade. All ages present in clusters from tiny underdeveloped to full size.
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Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing on trail, in disturbed gravelly soil. Full shade, large spread out clusters line the side of the trails.
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kimedgeDescription
Orange False Chantralle, growing in sparse rings in lawn with full sun. In rolled cap margin, wavy branching gills, slightly decurrant.
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Fir-Cone Mushroom (Strobilurus trullisatus)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Tiny white caps poking out of ground, underside of gills and stipe light brown. Fruiting out from underneath scales on a Pseudotsuga mensezii cone.
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Fir-Cone Mushroom (Strobilurus trullisatus)Observer
kimedge
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Shingled Hedgehog (Sarcodon imbricatus)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Scale topped tooth fungi, growing near creek in full shade. Small colony spread underneath Vaccinium sp. Grey brown fungi with grey teeth, and large scales lifting from pileus.
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Woolly Foam (Stereocaulon tomentosum)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Fruticose lichen forming dense mats on Pinus needles and moss. Growing in full sun. Greyish pink and very dusty. Simply branched and covered in squamules.
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Green Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Fruticose lichen growing in dense mats over old lava fields. Growing on moss and Pinus needles in full sun. Greyish green branches are hollow.
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Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen (Vulpicida canadensis)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Foliose lichen found scattered all over ground, small bits still attached to Pinus sp. bark and branches. Neon yellow with small brown apothecia.
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Varied Rag Lichen (Platismatia glauca)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Foliose lichen found littering the ground under Pinus sp. White to minty green on top and brown to black underneath. Must have fallen out of trees, small parts still attached to Pinus bark.
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Wolf Lichen (Letharia vulpina)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Found littering the ground all over the campground in partial shade. Florescent green yellow and hard to miss. Small tufts attached to conifer branches.
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Witch's Hair (Alectoria sarmentosa)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Found tangled on side of trail in full shade. Must have fallen out of trees, attached to conifer limbs. Long strings attached by one point and no reproductive structures.
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Observer
kimedgeDescription
Found in dense forest next to creek, full shade. Bright orange, pored crust growing on side of downed conifer. Long strips of cap-less fungi stretching across bark-less sections. Smelled strongly of latex or similar chemicals. Rubbery and peeled of log.
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Orange Rough-cap Tooth (Hydnellum aurantiacum)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Small group of mushrooms encasing bases of Vaccinium sp.. White and orange lumpy tops, grey tooth gills, round orange stipe. Growing in full shade near creek.
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Destructive Pholiota (Hemipholiota populnea)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing out of cracks in downed Cottonwood (Populus sp.). White to golden brown mushroom with scales or warts on top.
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Turkey-Tail (Trametes versicolor)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Growing on downed Cottonwood (Populus sp.) in South Prairie. Colony on side of log, clustered around knot of old limb in partial shade. Old, dry specimens.
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kimedgeDescription
Bracket like polypore mushroom found growing from underneath bark of downed tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Full shade, dense forest near creek. Slug trails present over stipe. Very old, dry specimen.
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Carpet Pelt Lichen (Peltigera neopolydactyla)Observer
kimedgeDescription
Foliose lichen, growing trail-side on dirt and exposed tree roots. A large, dry cluster with a smooth top. Grey-blue top and white underneath.
