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Spores:(18.3)18.9-23.3(24.1) x (5.6)5.7-6.7(7.1)um
Q= (2.8)3-3.8(3.9) ;N=30
Me=21.4x6.3um ; Qe=3.4
Elongated ellipsoid/Allantoid, smooth, septate, many oil droplets.
Basidia: Probasidia long clavate, developing 2 short apical protrusions that eventually become sterigmata on mature basida.
Taste and smell: non-distinctive
Habitat: growing on dead and downed lodgpole pine, very common in the area.

Found while doing off-trail work under permit with the city of Scottsdale. Three plants, less than an inch tall, flowers about the size of Logfia arizonica with which it was growing. I'm stumped. Considered but doubt: Logfia depressa (no mucros on leaves), Diaperia verna (flowers don't match) and Gnaphalium palustre (flowerheads appear solitary rather than capitate glomerules).

I returned to this site, an alkali wetland in Fish Slough yesterday (6/13/2023) to collect and photograph this enigmatic Carex. I collected a number of sheets and will be distributing them to others as suggested by Barbara Wilson. It is defenitely trigonous, short rhizomatous, glabrous throughout, perigynia about 3mm long with a short 0.5mm beak, teeth about 0,3 to 0.4 mm long. It keys to nothing (closest thing C. viridula) in TJM2. It keys to C. parryana in IMF, Apparently C. parryana var. brevisquama is a homotypic synonym for C. holmgreniorum. Thus I concur with Reznicek via Barbara Wilson over my earlier observation of this plant.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106526060

We had hard rain last night, but despite that, my tiger beetle babies were fine. It did take a few hours in the warm sun before the second one had re-excavated its hole, but both were out and hoping for ants when I checked this afternoon.
As Cicindela sexguttata is the only tiger beetle I ever see around here (and they're common), that's my hypothesis for the species.

While enjoying some backyard birding, my neighbor's cat ran out from behind my shed and reminded me why I wish all cat owners would keep their domesticated animals indoors. http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/flickers-warblers-and-cats

While doing homework on a bench, this chipmunk jumped on to see what I was doing. I let her take a look but she only got to the search bar and gave up. So I put on some of my chipmunk pictures for her to see. Posed for observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129984459

Tubuhnya terdiri atas kepala, dada/thorax, dan abdomen/perut, memiliki 6 kaki yang bersendi, 2 pasang sayap, dan 2 antena. Memiliki antena pendek, organ pendengarannya terletak pada ruas abdomen. Belalang kayu tersebar di seluruh DIY sebagai herbivor. Sering di manfaatkan sebagai sumber protein hewani.