Diario de sageost

I do a lot of identifications in China and have gotten to know the species in the area fairly well, which is how I noticed this observation:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237817971 which was observed by @redthird, a observer I do identifications for very often and follow on the site.
After doing some research I noticed that the caterpillar of a Papilo butterfly was not matching up with any of the subspecies that I had seen nearby until I found ssp chaon, which had only really been observed higher up on the map. I did a deep dive and found this range map:https://yutaka.it-n.jp/pap/10580010.html which though using specimines from thailand, said that the species ranges into China, and this specimen, though on the boarder of its range was matching up in description of the species and its caterpillars exactly. https://inaturalist.lu/taxa/1510892-Papilio-chaon-chaon/browse_photos. The lack of data on this species has raised concern that this species may be more common than this site's data implys.

As shown in the observation below, there is a way to identify R. obtusifolius. and R. crispus. using seedheads, which i had figured out but others may want to learn.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/237331610
essentially obtusifolius has spikier seeds than crispus is what is shown and the seeds take a different shape. additionally obtusifolius has deeper veining on the seed heads.
so yah! feel free to use this for whatever!

here is a profile for the pink variation of Xylaria Hypoxilon.

The rose xylara (xylaria hypoxilon var rosa tincta) is a type of xylaria found in the eastern us to Europe.
the xylaria has a faded pink color and a fatter antlering than other xylaria hypoxilon vars.
this var is rarer than ragular xylaria hypoxilon with at least 6 recordings [recorded as the complex]
this xylaria is usually recorded as the complex but i think it should be recorded as rosa tincta.
[if u want to record this just label the species as x hypoxilon complex than chat var rosa tincta]
an observation of this xylaria is linked below:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111374227

by sageost, TheKingOfChaos
sageost is a fandom editer, a naturalist and nitro typer who is on inatrualist to help with xylaria taxon changes that have not been made that he discovers on the site.his discord and nitro type nickname is TheKingOfChaos.

this is a complex that is not in the database,known as xylaria polymorpha.
the obervation (linked below) has a brown dusting instead of a white dusting.
it is not a faded specimen as far as i can tell. if i were to give it a species which i will like
i do for other xylaria species i would say that this should be called:xylaria polymorpha var Corylus fuscus.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116846851
idk how to add my vars to the internet,can i have some help?
-sageost

the hairy var is a var of x polymorpa with small hairs on the stem and closer clusters than usual.
a link is:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112973524
see https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/xylaria-polymorpha.php for info on the regular taxon to compare!

a var that has come to my attention today is the snake var of x hypoxilon.
it is long and has color variation. black at bottomish areas tinged with white that gradually starts to domanate the fungus to a yellow color at the top.
an observation:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112806736

the first [unnamed]form of xylaria has pink tinged antlering and is less common than the origen species. it has more spread out antlers than other x hypoxilon subspecies. it also seems to have a dusting of white underneath the pink.
as shown in this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111374227
the second form of xylaria is called devils fingers fungus. it is not the stinkhorn that is commonly called devils fingers fungus so it should be called xylaria hypoxilon var devils fingers for lack of better name. it is too white tinged to be a dead mans fingers, but still has a small amount of black at the bottom.
it is shown in this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112362785
the yellow version of xylaria hypoxilon is quite rare but is a existent variation. it is bright yellow with a whiteish black bottom,and is still powdery.
a observation of the yellow var: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112141731
the hatted version of x hypoxylon is a very cool variation in the genus. it has a stick like black stem fading to white with the antlering on the very top of the tiny stem! the top is usually slightly yellow.
a observation of the var is : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110689733
the tree var is a var that looks like a tree without leaves, with white powder covering the branches like snow.
a observation is: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109047612
santa tecla tree var. a var of the tree var found in santa tecla.
a observation of the santa tecla var is linked here:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111704906
flame var is a var which looks like a white fire on a black stem.
a observation is linked here:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2106652
the moth form has two small white antlers and two larger antlers in the shape of a moth.
a link:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111554383

for more info on xylaria see :https://www.mushroomexpert.com/xylaria.html