This one has distinctive black speckled granularity on its dorsal abdominal surface. Lividus is also grainy, but lacks the black speckled grain this one shows. Stout spinules on lateral margins of S8,9 visible in ventral abdomen picture.
I am confident about the ID: habitat was pond, small nymph size, abundance of adults at this location. I think couplet 9 (pg. 256, Tennessen), "weakly granular" is not applicable in our area. I have reared exilis from this area and I find that they are quite granular at 25X.
Abdominal Length (mm):15
Abdominal Width (mm):6
Epiproct Length (mm):.9
Head Width (mm):5
Premental Distal Width (mm):2.6
S10L:S10W:1.0 (ventral)
S9L:S9W: .74 (ventral)
S6PLHook:S7PLHook: .6
Total length (mm):23
Tan, convex to plane, pleated cap with darkened/depressed center and lighter margin,
Extremely viscid stipe covered in a thick gel,
Growing on deadwood next to trail,
Near redwood/doug fir/alder,
Blue UV on stipe and white on gills
Abdominal Length (mm):17
Abdominal Width (mm):9
Count:3
Epiproct Length (mm):1.2
Head Width (mm):5.7
Premental Distal Width (mm):3.5
Total length (mm):29
Spider being parasitized by white fungus,
Growing trailside on underside of salal,
Found by Phil Dekat
After mating, the female began ovipositing and then crawled into the water and continued ovipositing and remained submerged at a depth of about 15cm for 4 minuted before disappearing. I did not see her resurface.
Tiny gray ascos with white margin,
Growing on deadwood near redwood/doug fir/sitka spruce,
Strong blue UV rxn,
No odor
No KOH rxn,
Spider parasitized by white fungus,
Found on stick on the ground,
UV
Small brown fruitbodies with dark gills growing in grass near cow dung
Inside hollow at cut end of large old redwood log. I think they narrow at the base where they are attached.