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Author: Dan Nelson

Callospermophilus lateralis (Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel)

February 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels (some sources call them Sierra Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels) are not rare, but it was only a couple…

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Posted in: Animals, Callospermophilus, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callospermophilus lateralis, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Homalothecium fulgescens

February 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I spent a good chunk of yesterday unsuccessfully trying to identify a moss I had thought would be relatively easy.…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Homalothecium, Hypnales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Homalothecium fulgescens

Pontia beckerii (Becker’s White)

February 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Since I’m hanging out indoors today while snow falls steadily, covering every exposed horizontal surface, I thought I’d look back…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Pieridae, Pontia, Species Profiles Filed under: Pontia beckerii

Xanthoparmelia, possibly coloradoensis

February 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’m not happy to be making this post with ‘possibly’ in the title, although I feel fairly comfortable calling this…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae, Species Profiles, Xanthoparmelia Filed under: Xanthoparmelia coloradoensis

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

February 10, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

When I wrote about Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus last month I mentioned that it added chaos to the texture of the forest…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hylocomiaceae, Hypnales, Plants, Rhytidiadelphus, Species Profiles Filed under: Rhytidiadelphus loreus

Peltigera canina

February 8, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Peltigera canina is the type species for this genus, and many tomentose Peltigera utilizing Nostoc cyanobacteria as a photobiont have…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Peltigera, Peltigeraceae, Peltigerales, Species Profiles Filed under: Peltigera canina

Phlebia tremellosa (Merulius tremellosus)

Dan Nelson 1 Comment

In 1984 (Nakasone/Burdsall), based on morphology, this species was shunted from Merulius into the genus Phlebia, a move which some…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Meruliaceae, Phlebia (Merulius), Polyporales, Species Profiles Filed under: Phlebia tremellosa

Peltigera collina

February 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Peltigera collina is most often found decorating the bark of trees. It is the most common epiphytic Peltigera, and is…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Peltigera, Peltigeraceae, Peltigerales, Species Profiles Filed under: Peltiger collina

Kindbergia oregana

February 6, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Kindbergia oregana is a very common forest floor moss west of the Cascades in coniferous and mixed woodlands. It forms…

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Posted in: Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Hypnales, Kindbergia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Kindbergia oregana

Umbilicaria phaea (Emery Rock Tripe)

February 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This is a very common lichen on dry rocks. It is so common that it has engendered a rarity; a…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Plants, Species Profiles, Umbilicaria, Umbilicaria, Umbilicariaceae Filed under: Emery Rock Tripe, Umbilicaria phaea

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