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Conifer Mazegill (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)Observer
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Fruiting on the treated wood cutbacks to the beach/bulkhead at the Budd street house.
Harvested a small section and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
https://mushroomobserver.org/547541?q=1oaSB
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)Observer
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Two adults in a muddy depression in the central field at Kettleview Park. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)Observer
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Adult foraging in Commencement Bay off of Point Ruston park. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)Observer
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1st Winter Male in Commencement Bay outside of our patio table at Lobster shop restaurant. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
Note the still overall brown head plumage, mottled wing plumage and faint white circular cheek patch.
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Blistered Cup (Peziza vesiculosa)Observer
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Fruiting in nitrogen rich black soil/woodchip mulch. On the edges of cement lamppost base.
Fruiting bodies: pale brown/cream with heavily incurved cap margins(even at full maturity).
Cup interior: pale with four central extending lumps in most specimens, smooth.
Harvested 3 clusters of fruiting bodies with substrate attached.
Removed a small portion of tissue from two fruiting bodies(cup interior and margin).
Performed crush mount of removed tissue in Lugol’s solution and small droplet of KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: Large, elliptical, smooth. Eguttulate(spores lacking guttules/oil droplets).
Asci: 8 spored. Tips staining blue in Lugol’s solution.
Paraphyses: with enlarged, swollen tips.
Dehydrated all specimens thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Scarabs (Family Scarabaeidae)Observer
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Dead. In the back corner window of the Toyota Camry.
Shot through glass with iPhone11 pro max.
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Splitgill Mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)Observer
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Fruiting abundantly on a fallen Acer log.
Harvested 3 specimens and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Observer
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Fruiting beneath Pinus, Thuja plicata and Pseudotsuga menziesii.
Very large mature fruits(largest cap 10cm wide).
Cap: hygrophanous, extensively ruffled, scalloped margins. Umbonate with conic central disc.
Gills: appearing nearly free, notched/sinuate.
Stem: thick, vertically striate, metallic(like most all Nolanea).
Odor: not distinct.
Taste: slightly bitter.
Harvested 6 specimens.
Spore printed a single cap directly on a glass slide.(slide#1).
Removed a single gill and mounted on a separate slide in 3% KOH.(slide#2).
MICROSCOPY: see photos of work included.
Slide#2(gill mount):
Cheilocystidia: cylindrical, slightly irregular and often kinked or curved(some with small bubble like structures interior).
Pleurocystidia: small blunt, round.
Ejected spores: distinctly angular, 5-6 sided, medium large in size.
Lamellar Trama: cellular, subglobose to globose and densely layered.
Slide#1(spore printed slide):
Spore print: Pink.
Mounted spore printed slide in 3% KOH.
Spores: distinctly angular, 5-6 sided, medium large in size.
Dehydrated all specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-
https://mushroomobserver.org/547306?q=1oaSB
UPDATE on 3/15/24: removed thin layer of cap cuticle/tissue from one of the dried specimens and mounted on a slide in 3% KOH(crush mount).
Cap Cuticle Cells: encrusted with golden granules. Encrustations are golden yellow in KOH.
Pileipellis: a cutis. See shots of work included.
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Golden Waxy Cap (Hygrocybe flavescens)Observer
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Hygrocybe aff. flavescens: sensu PNW
Single mature fruiting body beneath mature Pinus and Thuja plicata.
Cap: viscid. 6.8cm wide.
Stem: very thick, dry. Centrally pinched.
Odor: intensely of honey.
Harvested specimen.
Honey odor intensifying once home and reminiscent of beeswax/honey.
Thoroughly dehydrated specimen and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-
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Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)Observer
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In the central courtyard lawn at the Whaler resort. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)Observer
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Two adults on the edge of the entrance courtyard roundabout at the Whaler resort. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Warbling White-Eye (Zosterops japonicus)Observer
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In one of the courtyard ornamentals at the Whaler resort. Shot in heavy wind with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Pandesma anysaObserver
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On the stairwell at the Whaler resort.
Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)Observer
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Foraging in the central garden lawn at the Whaler resort. Shot at close range with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Kuriri (Pacific Golden Plover) (Pluvialis fulva)Observer
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Adult in full breeding plumage in the courtyard/garden at the Whaler resort. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Mexican Plumeria (Plumeria rubra)Observer
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Blooms high above the loading dock at the Whaler resort. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)Observer
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On a railing above the loading dock at the Whaler resort. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)Observer
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Along the boarder of the loading dock at The Whaler resort. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
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Adult Male on a tree in the Central playground/courtyard at Whaler village/shopping center. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Sugar Cane Armyworm (Leucania stenographa)Observer
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On the stairwell at The Whaler Kaanapali.
Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Ashy Gray Lady Beetle (Olla v-nigrum)Observer
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On one of our beach towels near black rock Kaanapali. Hitched a ride on Boydy and Lara all the way back to our hotel. Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Typical Cobweb Spiders (Genus Theridion)Observer
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On the wall in the back stairwell at The Whaler resort.
Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Pandesma anysaObserver
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On the wall in the back stairwell at The Whaler resort.
Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)Observer
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On the back steps at the Southern tower of the Whaler Kaanapali resort. Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Kuriri (Pacific Golden Plover) (Pluvialis fulva)Observer
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Adult in full breeding plumage near the central garden pond at The Whaler Kaanapali. Shot at close range with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Lawn Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera mauritia)Observer
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On the ceiling awning above lamp near our hotel elevators(approximately 10ft above). Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)Observer
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On our lunch table at Cafe O’lei on the plantation at Waikapu. Shot with iPhone11 pro max.
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Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)Observer
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Two adult Zebra doves just below the balcony of our luch table at Cafe O'lei restaurant on Waikapu plantation. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta)Observer
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On the muddy bank of a small pond outside our lunch table. Cafe O'lei on the plantation Waikapu. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.
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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)Observer
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Mature adult a few feet from our lunch table at Cafe O'lei on the plantation Waikapu. Shot with Canon Powershot sx520hs.