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“Thank you for identifying the last fungus to Phellinus gilvus.
I attached 2 more photos I assumed were Phellinus gilvus, that I took from coast live oak in a park in Santa Barbara earlier in 2024....”
Robert Weiss, Photo taken in santa barbara park - June 5, 2024
“Can someone identify this conk?
All 4 photos are from same conk on valley oak (Quercus lobata) near Pinnacles National Park.”
Robert, California - June 1, 2024
“Hello-I'm trying to make an authentic Chumash arrow and quiver. I saw someone ask a similar question about the arrow, but I didn't see anything about the quiver. I was wondering if there were any exam...”
Steve, Santa Ana - May 17, 2024
“Hello!
Can you tell what type of feathers these are? The white one was rather large, maybe 20 centimeters long. I was guessing possibly a Great Egret. The black feather was pretty small, maybe 9 cent...”
Kevin, UCSB - May 14, 2024
“I was near Goleta beach and found what looks like a fossil I'll attach pictures and hopeful you can give me some insight”
Deven, Santa Barbara - April 27, 2024
“Hello,I am hoping someone can identify this sea creature that washed up on shore. It seems to have wings, a tail, legs and the face that resembles a large fish. It's about 4 feet long. ”
Emma, Montecito - March 29, 2024
“Can you tell me what these strange flat bones are from? Recent finds on Devereaux Beach, among after-storm wash-ups. I will return them to the beach. I have another image showing it's thickness, 1/4–3...”
Katey, Santa Barbara - March 7, 2024
“Hi. My friend took this pic on a beach here. It is very large. About 5ft by 5/6 ft. It looks to hale a whale vertebrae in it?”
Tamara, Santa barbara - February 5, 2024
“Hello,I found some bones on the beach in Shell Beach, CA, in early August (2023), put them in a bag, and unfortunately forgot about them till now. Would you be able to identify them? I'm happy to retu...”
Toni, Pismo Beach, CA - January 11, 2024
“Hello, I was captivated by the California grizzly bear specimen in the Mammal Hall. Can you please tell me more about it, i.e. when/where it was collected? I tried using the database search function,...”
Marissa - December 17, 2023
