CA, Southern California, 20070828
Madison Heights, grass and fungi.
Cynodon dactylon []
Just grabbed this flowering grass from lawn opp Fillmore on W side of Marengo.
| | LF | | short, spread, crowded bel |
| | INFL | | 4 secund brs in umbel well elev from ground, spklts born singly and nearly sess |
| | SPKLT | | strongly lat comp, 1 fert fl, axis extended beyond fl as short bristle (about half length of lemma)| glumes | | narrow, keeled, about half as long as lemma/palea, 1 vein |
| lemma | | 1 vein, tightly enfolding fl, lt colored, lat comp |
| palea | | = lemma, 2 veins, veins glab |
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Just wanted to verify my ID. Rather hard to find that stupid extended spklt axis. It lies right along the back of the palea.
Scleroderma cepa []
Just to E of alley between Euclid and Los Robles, on N side of Fillmore, under E-most live oak.
| | GEN | | ball mushroom, under oak |
| | CAP | | smooth to finely cracked, brownish, rind 1-2mm white, black and lumpy inside, tiny root |
| | SPORE | | brown, long fine spiny all over, not retic, 8-11um, none over 12um, none less than 7um |
Arora tries to distinguish a host of look-alikes by spore size and reticulation. Mine matches
S. cepa best.
Phellinus gilvus []
Two nice young ones? Highly varnished makes me wonder. One on N side of Fillmore shortly to E of Los Robles, on buried root of live oak. Other on W side of Madison, halfway between Fillmore and Alpine, on base of live oak.
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