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Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Flowers yellow (observed in previous seasons).
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Chinese Yam (Dioscorea polystachya)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Herbaceous vine. The little "potatoes" are ca. 1.0-1.5 cm.
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Oyster Mushrooms (Genus Pleurotus)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Short off-center stems. Taste mild. On dead sumac (Rhus typhina).
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Sharp-scaly Pholiota (Pholiota squarrosoides)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Larger cap about 4.5 cm diameter. On rotting hardwood log.
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Long-stalked Gray Cup (Helvella macropus)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Growing from ground or leaf litter under mixed hardwoods.
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Round-headed Katydids (Genus Amblycorypha)Observer
samnorrisDescription
A. rotundifolia or A. alexanderi. Forewing 9 mm x 25 mm. Body length 35 mm.
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Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)Observer
samnorrisDescription
This perfectly camouflaged frog is about 10-15 mm long. A young Hyla crucifer or Pseudacris brachyphona?
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Io Moth (Automeris io)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Feeding on Wild Indigo (Baptisia).
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Hydnum Subg. Hydnum (Subgenus Hydnum)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Under mixed hardwoods.
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Fishbiscuit Russula (Russula compacta)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Has a distinct smell that I won't try to describe. Flesh is dense and not fragile. Under mixed hardwoods.
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Common Club Coral Fungus (Clavariadelphus pistillaris)Observer
samnorrisDescription
With beech, but oaks are nearby.
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Ornate-stalked Bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Under mixed hardwoods.
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Lactarius romagnesiiObserver
samnorrisDescription
I don't think this is correct ID, but close. Cap is not zonate, but felted with long fibers (especially near margin), quite slippery. Gills attached but not decurrent, pinkish buff staining lilac-brown. Latex abundant, very pale yellowish, not changing, slightly acrid. Stem becoming hollow. Was unable to get a spore print. Deciduous woods.
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Peppery Milkcap (Lactifluus piperatus)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Under beech, oaks, maples.
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Russula earleiObserver
samnorrisDescription
Less fragile than most Russulas, has a waxy feel.
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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Lid was closed, but inside was accessible.
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Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)Observer
samnorrisDescription
Growing against the house, but it was not planted (well, maybe by a bird).
