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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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Cap about 3-4cm, no apparent stain or scent
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Salt-loving Agaricus (Agaricus bernardii)Observer
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Under juniper - cap about 7cm, red stain, sheath like annulus
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Late Oyster (Sarcomyxa serotina)Observer
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Large overlapping caps several cm+
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Bonfire Scalycap (Pholiota highlandensis)Observer
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Small group w/caps about about 4cm, in previously burned juniper woodland after recent snowmelt
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Western Amethyst Laccaria (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)Observer
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Under mixed conifers, cap about 4cm
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Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa ssp. domesticus)Observer
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Didn’t really know these were in the area… in juniper woodland
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Honey Waxcap (Hygrocybe reidii)Observer
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Large group under mixed conifers, caps about 3cm
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Western Panther (Amanita pantherinoides)Observer
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Under mixed conifers, cap about 5cm
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Yellowfoot (Craterellus tubaeformis)Observer
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Under mixed conifers, caps 2-4cm
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Ugly Milkcap (Lactarius turpis)Observer
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Cap about 3cm, under doug fir, abundant latex when cut
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Cortinarius Sect. Brunnei (Section Brunnei)Observer
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Under mixed conifers, small group with caps about 2-3cm
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Western Painted Suillus (Suillus lakei)Observer
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Large group under conifers, caps 4-9cm
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California Trapdoor Spider (Bothriocyrtum californicum)Observer
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About 3” leg span. Mature male searching for a mate after the recent rains!
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)Observer
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Under sugar pine and white fir, cap about 8cm, gills weirdly blue??
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Shield Lichens, Rim Lichens, and Allies (Order Lecanorales)Observer
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On basalt
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Conifer Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus conifericola)Observer
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On fallen conifer
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Santa Rosa Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis ssp. santarosae)Observer
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Island Oak (Quercus tomentella)Observer
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Largest I saw on the island by far... Trunk at least 6’ diameter and way above 50’ tall. What a tree!
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Brownit (Collybia brunneocephala)Observer
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Caps 7-9cm, dense texture
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Thimble Morels (Genus Verpa)Observer
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Under Rhus ovata, about 8cm long
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Blushing Bride Amanita (Amanita novinupta)Observer
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Cap about 9cm, staining red, under coast live oaks
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Blewit (Collybia nuda)Observer
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Cap about 5cm, under coast live oak, some attached mycelium
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Tricholoma yatesiiObserver
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Irregular cap about 4cm diameter, no distinctive scent, no staining when cut, terrestrial under coast live oaks around 9000’
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Liver Bolete (Suillellus amygdalinus)Observer
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Cap about 9cm, under coast live oak, quickly stains blue
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Green-staining Coral Mushroom (Complex Phaeoclavulina abietina)Observer
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Coming up under coast live oak
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Verdigris Agaric (Stropharia aeruginosa)Observer
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Cap about 4cm, growing on edge of trail, no apparent stain
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Sentry Milkvetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax)Observer
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Oak-loving Bolete (Xerocomellus dryophilus)Observer
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Red cracked cap about 8cm, stem base pinched, some apparent blue stain but not quickly
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On rotting hardwood log - volva about 4cm in diameter so the cap would likely be much larger
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Rosy Slime Spike (Gomphidius subroseus)Observer
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Caps about 4cm, very slimy
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Eastwood's Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa)Observer
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