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Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii)

Observer

merav

Date

April 22, 2024 11:26 AM PDT

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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)

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em_agui

Date

March 24, 2024 03:06 PM PDT

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Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)

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alex78717

Date

March 20, 2024 01:49 PM PDT

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Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii)

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jordanii

Date

March 18, 2024 04:43 PM PDT

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Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii)

Observer

endersheeper

Date

March 19, 2024 01:31 PM CDT

Place

Missing Location

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Hollyleaf Redberry (Rhamnus ilicifolia)

Observer

goflowers

Date

March 16, 2024 04:37 PM PDT

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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

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maribelmoran

Date

March 15, 2024 12:09 PM PDT

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Life (Life)

Observer

grmorrison

Date

December 28, 2022 07:11 PM PST

Description

I haven't the foggiest idea what this is. UV-fluorescent organism, or non-organism, or leavings of an organism...?... found on the W-facing side of a cinder block wall, noticed due to high fluorescence, while I was using a UV flashlight to hunt lichens. Thing is attached to the mortar between bricks. I would remove the thing to dissect and investigate further, but I'm not sure this isn't some kind of extraterrestrial life that will kill me if I handle it too much (99% joking there). What the hell is this thing? Texture rather hard, and crispy, not fleshy. Observed following a decent amount of precipitation on the same day.

Photos # 1-3 taken under UV light in near total darkness otherwise, and photos # 4-5 taken under illumination with a white LED lamp. Coin used for scale is a US quarter dollar (¢25 piece), 24.26 mm, 0.955 inch in diameter. Each line on the edge of the coin is approximately 0.64 mm apart.

Update (29 Dec 2022): Inspected the putative life-form further, and removed the donut-shaped structure from the large mass, and the larger mass from the wall. The donut-shaped structure was relatively easy to separate, as was the larger mass from the wall. Face, and backside fluorescent under UV, as well as the inside of the larger mass (not pictured under UV here). The donut-shaped structure was hardened, and fragile, and shattered into pieces when I accidentally dropped it on a tile floor.

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Henderson's Shooting Star (Primula hendersonii)

Observer

scottmcneir

Date

March 7, 2024 10:44 AM PST

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Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

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paperplum

Date

April 6, 2023 01:24 PM MST

Description

Same individual observed here.

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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Observer

ki6h

Date

December 27, 2022 10:25 AM PST

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damontighe

Date

September 24, 2021 09:23 PM PDT

Description

365 nm Convoy C8

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Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Observer

emilyd47

Date

July 3, 2022 12:09 PM PDT

Description

Corvid-19

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Bristly Jewelflower (Streptanthus glandulosus)

Observer

annienzelll

Date

April 2, 2022 11:43 AM PDT

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