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reagoDescription
are photos 1 and 2 the same species but different mating types? they were on the same leaf just a few cm away from each other, but no hairs on the 1st one.
also this is different than my previous observation of this species (about 100ft away)
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Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis)Observer
reagoDescription
YESSS my favorite mushroom of all time! was not expecting to find any since it’s been dry for several days
very pointed/conical cap. gills, stipe and cap slightly viscid. hollow stipe. inrolled and undulating margin. barely visible under duff, only saw two specimens but likely more
found this species in the same spot last year too: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163409651
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
reagoDescription
i have no clue what this is, had a firm gelatinous texture
Exidia truncata is closest visual similarity i could find
i collected a tiny bit of this specimen
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Western Witch's Hat (Hygrocybe singeri)Observer
reagoDescription
group.
most abundant fruiting i’ve ever seen
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Observer
reagoDescription
very rough textured cap, white gills when young, smooth stipe. Leptonia?
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Lepista tardaObserver
reagoDescription
no distinct odor. some had very wavy stipes and some had cracked caps. smooth cap and stipe. growing scattered under Quercus and conifers. vertical striations on stipe
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Sac Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
reagoDescription
on Rhaphiolepis indica leaves (?) maybe
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Sarcoleotia globosaObserver
reagoDescription
shout out to morgan/julien for sending me the spot!
larger specimen (photos 1+2): from stipe base to cap apex: 2.4 cm
cap diameter: 0.4cm
the smaller one: 1.3cm stipe to cap
same location as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198255114 (18 days ago) and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197638529 (25 days ago)
check out those observations for a detailed description of the environment ^
specimen collected
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Ochre Gillgobbler (Hypomyces lateritius)Observer
reagoDescription
not 100% sure about ID. think it’s growing on Lactarius (maybe L. alnicola). under Quercus and conifers
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Waxcaps (Genus Hygrocybe)Observer
sadie_hickeyDescription
Growing under redwoods along stream. Pileus very slimy, red-orange, striate towards the margin. Lamellae narrowly attached, thick, faces light orange to pale lemon yellow at the margins. Stipe dry, smooth, yellow, nattered.
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Branched Shanklet (Dendrocollybia racemosa)Observer
morganyaculloDescription
MY GOOD FRIEND
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Subgenus CyanulaObserver
reagoDescription
growing in small cluster. pink spores. no distinct scent. smooth cap, center splitting slightly, stipe apex slightly prunoise
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Slimy-Girdled Cort (Cortinarius glutinosoarmillatus)Observer
reagoDescription
sticky cap, pleasant odor, under live oak next to C. californicus
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Cavaliers (Genus Melanoleuca)Observer
reagoDescription
under redwoods next to a sidewalk
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Waxcaps (Genus Hygrocybe)Observer
reagoDescription
very thin stipe, growing solitarily
West Coast Mycoblitz: CM24-04612
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Entoloma subcarneumObserver
reagoDescription
growing solitarily as far as i could tell
04875 West Coast Mycoblitz 2024
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Genus DidermaObserver
reagoDescription
on a stick or decaying plant stem. dark brown spores inside
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Red-cage Fungus (Clathrus ruber)Observer
reagoDescription
different than my previous observation of this species (but nearby). eggs in clusters in a plant bed
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Observer
reagoDescription
- white stipe with purple/pink stripes
- brittle, white gills
- growing in small groups in a mixed woods forest, 1 day after rain fall
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Ruby Bolete (Hortiboletus rubellus)Observer
reagoDescription
yellow pores bruised blue slowly
growing in small line-like clusters
brownish spore print
cap diameters: 2-4cm
growing under oak and several other hardwoods
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Slimecaps (Genus Limacella)Observer
reagoDescription
strong cucumber odor
stipe: white flesh, ~ 7cm long, red fibrils on surface
pileus: brownish/orange, very viscid, hygrophanous, 2.2 cm
white gills, some white rhizomorphs at base, growing solitarily in hardwood and conifer forest
added to 2024 West Coast Mycoblitz with permission
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Genus PhallusObserver
reagoDescription
Phallus ravenelii
ID based on the smooth cap and pinkish volva
growing solitarily
photos 5-6: the day before it emerged
last two photos: taken 5 hours after first 4 photos.
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Cherry-Red Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe laetissima)Observer
reagoDescription
Genus Hygrocybe
maybe Hygrocybe Latissima, based on the lighting of color toward the cap margin, uplifted/wavy margin with age, scruffy stipe, stature and lack of a viscid cap.
- orange margin around pileus, red in the center. not very viscid
robust stature
-largely spaced gills- textured stipe
- growing solitary
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Scarlet Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe coccinea)Observer
reagoDescription
Hygrocybe coccinea
deep red red gills, stipe and pileus.
growing alone on a tree stump.
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Scarlet Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe coccinea)Observer
reagoDescription
white spore print
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Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis)Observer
reagoDescription
more pinkish in color in person
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Wrinkly Stinkhorn (Phallus rugulosus)Observer
reagoDescription
growing alone in wood chips
hollow inside, growing from a white sac/volva
reticulations on stipe, brown goop/spores that attracted flies
