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Another instance of what sure as heck looks like this: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165329437

Subsequent observations of these two organisms:

• https://inaturalist.ca/observations/166610735
• https://inaturalist.ca/observations/167784628

On the same log:

• https://inaturalist.ca/observations/167784675

This is the same organism I observed the other day [http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164984387]. The texture is firmer and rubbery, and if I push I can leave a little bit of a dent. I just noticed that it’s very similar to the one below, which can be seen on the wide shot of the whole tree.

Other observations of this organism:

• https://inaturalist.ca/observations/166610270
• https://inaturalist.ca/observations/167784251

Found growing in soil among grass and moss, off of trail at Capilano River Regional Park, close to the river. Identified morphologically as well as by DNA sequencing of ITS1 and ITS4. Pictures show:

1. Dried specimen, herbarium image
2. Collection site, specimen visible on both sides of stick
3. Cap cross section, basidia visible in center
4. Underside of cap, with cross section of pores visible
5. Hyphae measurement

Sunset: 8:56 PM
Temp: 23C
Location: 49°19'22.6"N 123°08'53.4"W

Relatively clear conditions (<5% cloud) with light wind: 7 km/h
South side of Ambleside Pond from the west bend towards the east end of the pond.
Echo Touch 2 Bat Detector + Android Pixel 6 phone
Kaleidoscope lite software (PC)
Bats foraging

Development a little bit aborted. Collected from large fruiting on leaves under shrubs on side of city street.

Spores 8.5-11.0 um. More sessile than the normal form, but large crystals, white stalk and white hypothallus are a good match.

Or yeast? Or a slime mold? In a decade of mushroom cultivation I’ve never seen a contaminant like this. It’s 4 days old, on the surface of a liquid culture of Pleurotus euosmus (Tarragon Oyster Mushroom). Media is the cooking water from rye grains. Other jars in this batch did not have contamination, with the exception of one other jar, which has another novel (for me) surface contaminant. See next observation.