Photos / Sounds

What

Crystal Brain Fungus (Myxarium nucleatum)

Observer

mycotajohn

Date

February 4, 2019 04:57 PM PST

Description

See additional slides for lower magnification of wet fruiting bodies, spherical basidia with epibasidia but no basidiospores (must have been immature) and images of dry fruiting bodies. Mycobank uses the name Myxarium hyalinum but Wikipedia prefers M. nucleatum. White inclusions in fruiting bodies are calcium oxylate, according to Wikipedia.

Photos / Sounds

What

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Observer

rnicoll

Date

May 17, 2018 07:26 AM PDT