BC, Wells Gray, 20080527
Alice Lake, flowers and fungi.
To Mineral Springs, then along Alice Lake shore trail.
Commandra livida []
| | LF | | alt, whorled around stem, larger toward top, ellip, tapered to acum base, no pet, glab, thin |
| | INFL | | small clusters of 2-3 on peduncles in upper axils |
| | SEP | | 5, green, short, broad delt, att around broad hypanth, glab |
| | STAM | | 5, att at base of sep, v short |
| | OV | | inf, 1 chamb? hard to tell |
| | STYLE | | 1, v short, stig simple |
Impossible to key out to family, but Trevor had told me what it was, saving me the pain.
Adenocaulon bicolor
Streptopus roseus
Disporum hookeri
Disporum trachycarpum
Viola canadensis
stinging nettle
Calypso bulbosa
Spiraea douglasii
Lilium columbianum
Amelanchier alnifolia
Lonicera involucrata
Actaea rubra
Smilacina racemosa
Veratrum viride
Caloscypha fulgens []
| | GEN | | cup fungus, one, in duff |
| | CAP | | 12-15mm wide, brilliant yellow-orange fertile surface, discoid, edges curled up a bit, lower surface paler and v v min felty |
| | ASC | | ~10um wide, broadly rounded tips |
| | SPORE | | 8 per ascus, round, smooth, v finely textured inside, ~6um wide |
| | PARA | | well-hidden, bright yellow-orange, apparently mostly smooth? |
Tough to key without the greenish discoloration. It
does discolor a bit, but I'd call it brownish not greenish or bluish, but what do I know?
yellowish tooth (on end of cut spruce logs by trail)
Discina? []
| | GEN | | asco fungus, on side of trail, not clearly associated with any particular tree |
| | ST | | v short, close to central, whitish like underside of cap |
| | CAP | | disk, undulating, cold and clammy-feeling, lt to med reddish or pinkish brown above, pale whitish below, smooth, 2-5mm thick, fertile surface above |
| | ASC | | rounded end, up to 25-30um wide |
| | SPORE | | 8 per ascus, ellip, ~25-30x12-15mm, one large bubble in the middle, often one or two small bubbles either end, smooth, no apiculi/appendages of any sort |
| | PARA | | weakly and bluntly bulbous ends, colored with brown fine textured stuff, forked near ends |
Seems clear it must be a
Discina, but I cannot observe the spore features they are supposed to have in varying degrees.
Gyromitra? []
| | GEN | | asco, on side of trail, lots of spruce around |
| | ST | | whitish, smooth, contorted |
| | CAP | | contorted, pale tan, smooth, whitish inside, fertile surface above, rel small (2cm wide or so) |
| | SPORE | | 15x5um?, finely textured, no oil drops?, ellip?, only found one or two |
| | PARA | | clavate, copiously covered with brown granules, etc |
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