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Blowout Beardtongue (Penstemon haydenii)Observer
stephen_hornbeckDescription
About 25% in the population were in bloom, most still putting on vegetive growth and/or buds. Individuals were quite scarce and widely spaced apart.
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Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)Observer
petezaniDescription
It was raining, so peepers were bold enough to leaf the protection of the wetland vegetation.
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Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)Observer
petezaniDescription
Rainy night. First night these were active. None calling, but encountered at least five individuals. This one was a little one.
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Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)Observer
petezaniDescription
While recording toad calls, I was a bit surprised by how close this leopard frog was. It would call for a bit then move to a new spot, so was hard to triangulate its location. I finally did, but was unable to get pictures of him calling. The audio files have this male calling at some point in the chorus of peepers and toads.
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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)Observer
petezaniDescription
Air temperature was 45 °F (8 °C). Toads just emerged two nights ago so I was surprised to see at least eight amplexing pairs.
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Hunt's Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii)Observer
egordon88Description
visiting arugula
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Conical Trashline Orbweaver (Cyclosa conica)Observer
hendre17Description
Crawling on my car near the Eastern bathrooms(on East side of Lake Sylvia state park.
Left hand for scale in multiple shots.
Shot with iPhone11.
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hendre17Description
Fruiting beneath Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce.
Staining: inky blackish(dingy blue then to dirty brown).
Cap: Areolate but irregularly so(not uniformly cracked throughout).
Harvested a single specimen.
Spore printed a portion of cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore print: faint olive brownish.
Mounted spore printed slide in Lugol’s solution.
Microscopy:
Spores: AMYLOID(tips are noticeably green in Lugol’s). See images of work.
Spores: elongate but many with a squared off/truncated end. Medium/Lg in size.
Dehydrated specimen and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Subgenus ClaudopusObserver
hendre17Description
Fruit abundantly on Peltigera.
Final shots of the specimens laid out on black felt.
High on the edge of a deep ravine 100’s of feet above the Big Quilcene River.
Alan Rockefeller kept specimens for sequencing. Will look forward to his results.
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Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)Observer
corviDescription
Asymmetric legs?
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American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)Observer
millivedderDescription
Grown from nuts harvested from a local tree in fall 2023.
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Western Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor ssp. mormon)Observer
petezani
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Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger)Observer
creedoDescription
San Isidro
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Bivalve Pea Crabs (Family Pinnotheridae)Observer
pileatedDescription
Found within the mantle cavity of a Pacific Razorclam
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Favolaschia caloceraObserver
alan_rockefellerDescription
Growing on a well decayed Quercus agrifolia log.
Thanks to Evelyn Chea for showing me the location - it's the same log from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195513390
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Blueing Fishy Fiberhead (Inosperma maximum)Observer
hendre17Description
Single young fruiting beneath Douglas fir and Western Hemlock.
Stem: blue tones prevalent at base.
Stem apex staining red where handled(darkening to nearly cherry red once home).
Cap: staining red where handled.
Inosperma calamistratum does not stain red and has a scalier quality overall and generally less robust stature.
Odor: fishy.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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American Pika (Ochotona princeps)Observer
hawnzdDescription
WARNING: Graphic images of injury included.
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Short-winged Darwin Wasp (Agrothereutes abbreviatus)Observer
arunasjuknevicius
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Blue Roundhead (Stropharia caerulea)Observer
alan_rockefellerDescription
In wood chip landscaping. Mild mushroom odor and flavor. Cap extremely viscid!
Spores measure
(6.9) 7.2 - 8 (9) × (3.8) 4.1 - 4.7 (4.8) x (3.6) 3.9 - 4.4 (4.5) µm
Q = (1.6) 1.64 - 1.87 (1.9) ; N = 30
Me = 7.7 × 4.4 µm ; Qe = 1.7
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Maroon Madrone Tubaria (Tubaria punicea)Observer
caladriDescription
Fairly early!
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