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At base of tree fern

Soft bodied, located underwater in fresh spring. Looks like a cup fungi. Located in spring near Wild Rose Campground, Death Valley.

very interesting Entoloma sp found growing near salmon berry and silver fir and mountain hemlock though likely a saprobic entoloma sp.

Sample sent to @relg (Ariel Goldsztejn) 12/4/2023

Fruiting in association with Eucalyptus globulus. Fruting on same road cut: Hydnangium carneum and Laccaria fraterna

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P1-Ps “az”

looks too white to be Contumyces rosellus

Mature asci were not found in cross section.

Under Chamise

@alan_rockefeller any clue?

on Pinus longaeva

On the edge of snow melt
objective = 40 X

Hypogeous under interior live oak

Found on spider that was taken home and incubated for several weeks.

For specimen found in situ
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159177921

Hypogeous under interior live oak

Host is likely Callobius severus

On leaves of laurel sumac

Spores smooth, ellipsoid.
Excipulum texture cubic.
Asci IKI-

Completely hypogeous under interior live oak

Just amazing! Parasitizing Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) on an open slope of sand. Insitu, already exposed when found

In an open grassy area in chaparral habitat

Bay laurel and Ceanothus leaf litter

manzanita, rhus, prunus, scrub oak, Eriodictyon, ribes

Photo and collection by Heidi Hoelting. Distanct gills, very small. I'm looking for a better photo.

Growing from a roadcut under bay. Pileus champagne pink with tightly appressed darker pink scales. Lamellae light pink, widely attached. Stipe pink, smooth, with slight white basal tomentum

UVF 365 nm = blue on gills

Growing from well decayed wood in redwood forest. Short white stipe terminating in three blunt, yellow-ochre branches.

In leaf litter at base of eucalyptus
Cap ~1cm

INSANE purple staining! Pretty sure it's a basidiomycete. Under tanoak & redwood. Fruiting out of an exposed dirt wall next to a creek. Fruiting body exposed. Nutty smell, and no taste.

"dull pink"

under Chamaebatia australis and Ceanothus tomentosus

Under manzanita, leather oak, and chamise in serpentine chaparral. Pileus brown, slightly striate. Lamellae pinkish tan, free. Stipe thin, brittle, with a twisted-fibrous texture.

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F000219 Monterey Cypress. Orange and red cups - Pithya and Pseudopithyella co-ocuring?

Mold covering gilled mushrooms growing from wood

FDS-CA-00508
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FDS-CA-00509
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scent = fresh fir needles and glue

FDS-CA-00501
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