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kenkDescription
I first saw the specimen peeking out from a folded piece of kelp. When I repositioned the kelp it it left the leaf and moved across the petri dish. Approximately 3mm
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Shiny Cinnamon Polypore (Coltricia cinnamomea)Observer
pinonbistroDescription
On sand/gravel under white pine and white cedar in mixed woods. Cap 3 cm., alternating hairy bands of brown, orange and cream with sunken center, fringed margin, brown flesh.. Pore surface brownish. Stem brown, felted. cap surface black with KOH.
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Apricot Jelly (Guepinia helvelloides)Observer
iamsouporhumanDescription
The color appears wrong from my vehicle headlights. In real life these were a peach/salmon color. Internal hell texture when broken. Didn't notice a distinct smell, but I had been eating peppermint, so 🤣
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Earthstars (Genus Geastrum)Observer
fungi4reagoDescription
growing under coniferous trees, next to a trail, about a foot away from each other. spores looked to be brown.
my first time finding Geastrum!
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Pacific Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)Observer
morganstickrod
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Cordyceps tenuipesObserver
alan_rockefellerDescription
Growing on a moth pupae that was in the bark of a hardwood log.
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Hearst's Manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hearstiorum)Observer
alex_wentworth
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Arroyo de la Cruz Manzanita (Arctostaphylos cruzensis)Observer
alex_wentworthDescription
Location: edge of chaparral along a ridgeline, 1km from the coast
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Spined Turban Gall Wasp (Cynips douglasii)Observer
samzanitaDescription
Host Quercus lobata
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Life (Life)Observer
kenkDescription
Appears to be a larval something. Marine specimen
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Olive Salver (Catinella olivacea)Observer
thomas_laxtonDescription
These were growing on the underside of an oak log.
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yerbasantaDescription
On Arctostaphylos morroensis.
Similar observations here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181000725
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177747870
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ikhomDescription
Small whitish cup fungi on decorticated log in a mixed forest.
Apothecia 0.5-1.2mm in diameter, deep cup.
Asci 8-spored.
Ascospores cylindrical, measured
(5.6) 5.64 - 5.9 × 0.6 - 0.7 µm
Q = (8.3) 8.34 - 9.5 ; N = 4
Me = 5.8 × 0.6 µm ; Qe = 8.9
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Damselflies (Suborder Zygoptera)Observer
kenkDescription
Collected from a pond. I suspect a nymph in an aquatic life stage. Approximately 20mm.
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Sierra Juniper (Juniperus grandis)Observer
finaticDescription
Alpine County, California, US
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Genus PulvinulaObserver
grace_starkDescription
Burn habitat, other burn followers around. Mostly redwood dominated
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Green Earthtongue (Microglossum viride)Observer
lilithohlsonDescription
Same one I saw previously... survived the rain!!!
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Mull Disco (Ionopezia gerardii)Observer
dietelDescription
1 cm diameter, growing in wet soil under Bay trees
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Lobaria anthraspisObserver
anudibranchmomDescription
Between Fraggle Rock and Hwy 35
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dietelDescription
Very small, 3mm max, In wet, sandy soil under Bay and Oak
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Loma Prieta Hoita (Hoita strobilina)Observer
truthseqrDescription
(Sierra Azul OSP; Limekiln / Priest Rock Loop Trail)
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Genus GeneaObserver
sadie_hickeyDescription
Under Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Growing above the ground, attached at base. Gasteroid fungus, exterior black and lumpy, reminiscent of a dry dog's nose. Flesh white, interior hollow.
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Genus ClavariaObserver
dietelDescription
Not small, 7cm tall, fragile. Perhaps a larger member of the C. fragilis group? @lilithohlson
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Cookeina speciosaObserver
alan_rockefellerDescription
Bluish photos in 365 nm ultraviolet light.
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Genus TrichopezizaObserver
betweenthelyonsDescription
Maybe... Growing on an old stem of some large Apiaceae.
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Push Pin Slime Mold (Hemitrichia calyculata)Observer
dietelDescription
On fallen, decaying oak branch
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Hedgehog Scalycap (Phaeomarasmius erinaceus)Observer
dietelDescription
Underside of bark, dead oak
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Coral Fungi (Genus Ramaria)Observer
lostcoastmikeDescription
Maybe R. stuntzii.
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Western Water Hemlock (Cicuta douglasii)Observer
nmcnearDescription
Growing in San Vicente Creek in CZU burn zone
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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)Observer
nmcnearDescription
Found in a tide pool
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
lostcoastmikeDescription
Strange way weather effected what ever these are.
