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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
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Mourning dove on nest; 2 eggs in nest.
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)Observer
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One of the pair of Canada geese was on the nest and the other in the water nearby guarding.
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Sharp Hornsnail (Pleurocera acuta)Observer
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Washed up on Lake Erie beach. These shells were pallid whereas most of the P. acuta shells had bands of pigment.
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Sharp Hornsnail (Pleurocera acuta)Observer
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Washed up on Lake Erie beach.
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)Observer
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Residential pond. Alongside blue heron.
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Artillery Plant (Pilea microphylla)Observer
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On trunk of palm tree. Residential yard.
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Centipede Grass Orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica)Observer
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In residential landscape. Single plant.
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Rosy Crust (Peniophora incarnata)Observer
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On dead hardwood twig.
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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On dead hardwood twig. Abundant lamprocystidia on hymenium.
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Ceramic Parchment (Xylobolus frustulatus)Observer
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On large old oak stump.
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)Observer
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On Carolina hemlock twigs and needles.
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Giraffe Spots (Peniophora albobadia)Observer
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On hardwood branch, possibly Fraxinus. Lamprocystidia abundant on hymenium.
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Honeydew Eater (Scorias spongiosa)Observer
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On marcescent American beech leaves and twigs.
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Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)Observer
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Captured inside house. Chin hairs white with gray on basal area.
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Brown-toothed Crust Fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea)Observer
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Mixed hardwood forest, mostly oaks.
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Orange Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus)Observer
cotterhDescription
On cut end of Pinus log. Tuning fork basidia. Basidiospores 5-7 septate, hyaline, 13-21 x 5.5-7.5 microm. Mixed forest of pines and hardwoods.
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Bonnets (Genus Mycena)Observer
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On oak twig on forest floor. Mixed hardwood forest including Quercus, Acer, Carya. White spore print. Basidiospores hyaline, inamyloid, ellipsoid, 5-6 x 9-10 micrometres, thick-walled, granular contents typically with large single oil droplet, apiculate.
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Velvet Foot (Flammulina velutipes)Observer
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On standing bole of dead hardwood tree. Mixed hardwood forest including Quercus, Populus, Acer, Carya.
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Beechwood Woodwart (Jackrogersella cohaerens)Observer
cotterhDescription
On dead Fagus grandifolia bole and branches. Ascospores blackish brown, inequilateral, 10-1 x 4.5-5 microm with germ slit.
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Yellow Fairy Cups (Calycina citrina)Observer
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On very rotten wood probably oak. Mixed hardwood forest including red and white oaks. Bright yellow hymenium drying yellowish orange, 0.5-1.5 (3.5) mm diam, Stout short pale yellow stipe. Ascospores mostly 1-septate, hyaline, ellipsoid with tapered ends, (10) 12 (14) x 3-4 microm. Ascal tips weakly amyloid.
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Phellinus everhartiiObserver
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On bole of Quercus alba. Mixed hardwood forest including red and white oaks.
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Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)Observer
cotterhDescription
On ground along driveway near garage; 215 W Maplehurst, Ferndale MI. 20 cm or more across. Mature gleba yellowish brown - Methuen 5D5. Capillitia and basidiospores gold colored in 3% KOH. Capillitia thickwalled with pits, sparingly branched with rare septae, 2.5 - 5 microm diam. Basidiospores globose 4 microm diam, smooth, without pedicel.
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Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)Observer
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Pupae found on 14 Dec 22 in flour ('wrong' substrate (?) ). Adult reared in small vial.
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Pholiota limonellaObserver
cotterhDescription
On Acer stump. Viscid pileus. Cobwebby veil. Brown spore print Methuen 5E6-7. Basidiospores ellipsoid 6.5-7 x 4-4.5 microm.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
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Outside house on porch. Different individual than Observation 189245774.
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)Observer
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Found inside house then freed. Different individual than Observation 189245775.
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Trichia variaObserver
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On hardwood log along with Sphaerosporium lignatile. Mixed hardwood forest.
Appreciation to Meriel Goodwin for the identification.
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Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)Observer
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On bole of old large dead hardwood tree. Mixed hardwood forest including Fraxinus, Acer, Quercus.
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Robust Clitocybe (Clitocybe robusta)Observer
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On forest litter. Mixed hardwood forest including Prunus serotina, Quercus (red oak group), Fraxinus, Acer, Ulmus. Numerous fruiting bodies some very large (circa 20 cm in diam). Somewhat sharp fungoid odor. Fungoid taste. Off white spore print. Basidiospores inamyloid, smooth, ellipsoid, 3.5 x 6-7.5 microm.
