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Wet Rot (Coniophora puteana)Observer
boiingoDescription
Growing on wooden fence been rainy recently
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Stanford's Whitefly (Tetraleurodes perileuca)Observer
wildnettleDescription
Scale insect I think. I’ve seen a photo of this type before but I can’t find one now to remember the classification...
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Branched Pixie-cup Lichen (Cladonia ramulosa)Observer
mossgeekDescription
new record. Last documented in southern California was 1935!
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jjbauerDescription
Orange in 2% KOH.
Growing on soil in planter.
Tiny plant, huge spores.
Spores 27-28μm, papillose.
Peristome absent to rudimentary.
Capsule mouth pretty wide, but apparently this can happen with var conicum sometimes as well according to FNA.
Leaf papillae usually O shaped, sometimes C shaped.
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Tortula bolanderiObserver
jjbauerDescription
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Covering a steep E facing sandstone wall in E running canyon. Moderate filtered light.
Spores 13.2-17.0μm. Apex always rounded and blunt. Parachaetal leaves fold around seta, but do not completely wrap around 360° to form sheath. Many rows of thick walled cells bordering distal leaf. Papillae fairly developed distally. Sterid bands well developed. Old leaves turn red KOH, but green leaves have no to slight yellow-orange patches in KOH.
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Erect-fruited Iris Moss (Distichium capillaceum)Observer
ptilidiumDescription
On calcareous cliff face.
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Erect-fruited Iris Moss (Distichium capillaceum)Observer
ptilidiumDescription
on humus over bedrock on rocky knoll in the alpine. GR23.
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Pale Bog-Moss (Sphagnum strictum)Observer
mossvetDescription
Area was revegetated post burn
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Sphagnum Mosses (Genus Sphagnum)Observer
sebastiandoakDescription
Image 2/3 I tried to have as close as possible to see the difference between fluorescent stems and not. If anyone knows the determining factor I am interested. Sex, age ect?
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rudydiazDescription
Chaparral. On exudate emited from broken branches of Rhus integrifolia.
Apothecia 0.5–0.9 mm tall. Stalk K-. Asci 34–37 x 3.2–3.3 µm; with channel at apex. Ascospores non-septate, ellipsoid, 5.2–6.4 x 2.3–3.3 µm (mean 5.7 x 2.9 µm).
Same collection as: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191417880
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Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica)Observer
boiingoDescription
Growing in soil
