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Spotted Datana Moth (Datana perspicua)Observer
crickhollowDescription
Mass of caterpillars on a Smooth Sumac. They reared up as I approached closely for a photo.
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Oak Wheat Gall (Kokkocynips decidua)Observer
janjohn48Description
Specimens were on two leaves close to one another on the same young oak.
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Snowdrops (Genus Galanthus)Observer
janjohn48Description
Original planting probably dates to 1930s or 1940s, by Dr. Karl Menninger.
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
janjohn48Description
Planted in the late 1930s or early 1940s by Dr. Karl Menninger.
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)Observer
janjohn48Description
Planted in the 1930s or 1940s by Dr. Karl Menninger.
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
janjohn48Description
Planted in the 1930s or 1940s by Dr. Karl Menninger.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
janjohn48Description
planted in the 1930s or 1940s by Dr. Karl Menninger
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Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima)Observer
janjohn48Description
planted in the 1930s or 1940s by Dr. Karl Menninger.
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Brittlegills (Genus Russula)Observer
janjohn48Description
extremely small; near oak; specimen didn't produce a spore print
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Chicken Fat Mushroom (Suillus americanus)Observer
janjohn48Description
nearest trees were oak, but there also were Eastern white pines in the vicinity; cap was sticky; cap flesh was yellow and turned dark grayish when cut; brown spore print
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Boletes (Family Boletaceae)Observer
janjohn48Description
Exceptionally small (ruler is in cm); instantly bruised blue; near oak; bright yellow pore surface. There was another one of similar size nearby, with a more bulbous stalk shape.
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Old-Man-of-the-Woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus)Observer
janjohn48Description
near oaks
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Hickory Smooth Gumdrop Gall Midge (Caryomyia sanguinolenta)Observer
janjohn48Description
Host is believed to be hickory.
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Genus GymnopusObserver
janjohn48Description
found growing in pine needles (Eastern white pine)
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Genus TylopilusObserver
janjohn48Description
closest trees were pecans (10-12 ft), with oak farther away (approx 50 ft); no noticeable bruising; taste was not intensely bitter; small amount of faint reticulation at apex of stalk; specimen did not produce a spore print
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White Saddle (Helvella crispa)Observer
janjohn48Description
near Eastern white pine
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janjohn48Description
near oak; brown spore print; surfaces turn blue instantly when bruised or cut
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White Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria cinerea)Observer
janjohn48Description
growing on large stick near Eastern white pines
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Leucophenga variaObserver
janjohn48Description
first noticed on a mushroom; the description for the species states that the fly feeds on mushrooms
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Pocadius helvolusObserver
janjohn48Description
found inside small puffball mushroom
