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n_russellDescription
i don't think i have a hope here, there are quite a few
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Juniper Split (Lophodermium juniperinum)Observer
n_russellDescription
these are on nearly every common juniper if u feel like looking btw
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Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)Observer
n_russellDescription
very low shrubs here, mostly dehisced
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Star Rosette Lichen (Physcia stellaris)Observer
n_russellDescription
for the lichen it's on...
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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
n_russellDescription
very nice in here
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Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)Observer
n_russellDescription
sand dropseed in natural habitat?? and not compositus this time??
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Inocybe serotinaObserver
n_russellDescription
tentative... we'll see what sequencing says :)))
odour mildly fungal, of the sour variety... not spermatic? idk
dunes, not highly vegetated here, native grasses, oak, poplar, pine
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Genus TubakiaObserver
n_russellDescription
hard to tell if any of the perithecia belong to it or are just incidental other things
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n_russellDescription
seems that the tissue affected is more resistant to weathering than the surroundings and stays behind in lumps?
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Tulostoma fimbriatumObserver
n_russellDescription
in small unvegetated pockets of the dunes... mostly native grasses, some others, sparse oak, pine, poplar.
Not too sure whether this keys to fibrillosum or campestre in Smith's key for Michigan, but if they're both fimbriatum here then it's just as well.
Very indistinct peristome in the freshest ones, not unopened. Stem has the sort of snakeskin pattern with the outer orangey layer cracking transversely and wearing away leaving it paler and longitudinally fibrillose striate. Spores are decently irregular...
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n_russellDescription
The book would suggest S. intermedia because the spores are between 40 and 60 microns, excluding exospores. However hmmm I see there are many more spp than the 4 it has
Thanks to Simona for help with the micro and the book again
edit: stumbled upon a couple more comprehensive keys, have more confidence now. spores often more than 50 long and easily fragmenting at 3 septa, rounded ends