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Conifer Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus conifericola)Observer
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Shelf fungy with overlapping fleshy and brownish orange shelves; old and dried when found. On conifer wood.
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Umber-brown Puffball (Lycoperdon umbrinum)Observer
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About 3cm in diameter, oval shaped, dark brown, peridium very thin almost papery, covered in minute spine scar.
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Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)Observer
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On Berkeley campus, outside of the North entrance to Wellman Hall. Cap shaggy with scales that have brown margins, elongate and bell-shaped. Immature when observed.
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Veiled Polypore (Cryptoporus volvatus)Observer
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On fallen conifer log, abundant. Round, creamy white to yellow cap, size variable and can be up to 5cm in diameter. Pores covered under and inside the margin of the cap.
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Brittlestems and Allies (Family Psathyrellaceae)Observer
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Abundant on shaded lawn, pileus umbulate conic and umbonate, a white morph and dark brown morph mixed with each other. Stem tall (up to 20cm ) and slender.
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Pale Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleanus)Observer
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Solitary in lawns, pileus broadly convex and orangy yellow in the center, margin with whie veil remnant; gills lightly yellow to white, fragile and hollow; stipe ~5cm and white.
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Field Mushrooms and Allies (Family Agaricaceae)Observer
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Pileus about 10cm in diameter, covered in dark brown and fibrillose scales. Gills free and white. Partial veil present with scaly margin; spores dark chocolate brown when matured a few days after picking.
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Lactarius montanusObserver
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On litter, pileus convex with an incurved margin and lilac in color, about 5 cm in diameter.
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Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)Observer
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On wood litter in large clusters next to the north staff entrance to the Cal Academy of Sciences; overall brownish ornange, pileus dark brown fading to lighter brown at marges; gills crowded and decurrent; partial veil extends from the upper part of the stipe and fold downwards; spores white.
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False Chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca)Observer
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On wood litter in Bunny Meadow, in small cluster or solitary. Pileus vase-shaped, distinctive bright orange color, decurrent and forking gills, white spore print, spore ellipsoid and only slightly ornamented.
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Short-stemmed Russula (Russula brevipes)Observer
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Fruitbody short, stout and crunchy. Pileus uplift, creamy white with pale yellow patches. Gills attachech and with a slight greenish yellow tinge. No staining reaction. Solitary occurrence.
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Shellfish-scented Russula (Russula xerampelina)Observer
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Fruitbody very young, < 5cm in diameter and 12 cm in height, texture very crunchy. Pileus convex, deep purple with center fading to pale yellowish greay, surface thinly viscid and covered in debris. Gills narrowly attached and creamy white. Stipe smooth and white with the sligtest tinge of pink, stain yellow (see stipe of the fruitbody to the left on the second and third photo). On litter under fallen branch.
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Wine-colored Agaricus (Agaricus subrutilescens)Observer
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Pileus surface covered in fribrilose purplish brown scales, center dark purplish brown. Gills free and pale pink, partial veil present. Stipe white and shaggy. No staining. Form clusters on woodland litter, very abundant.
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Pine Bracket (Porodaedalea pini)Observer
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Shelf fungus, hoof-shaped, about 15 cm in width. Pileus surface dark reddish brown to black. Pores irregular, loose, large, and angular. Grown on conifer trunk.
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Grass Oysterling (Crepidotus epibryus)Observer
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Shell-shaped white pileus with slightly brown center in age, less than 1cm in diameter, surface smooth, margin slightly wavy, no stipe and attached directly to fallen wood branches. Gills pale beige to slightly brown.
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Cabbage Parachute (Gymnopus brassicolens)Observer
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Grown on wood chips in large clusters; pileus uplifted and of a tan, brown color; stipe distinctly dark, flimsy, and hollow; gills free and of a light brown color; spore prints white