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Photo is an actual photo of live insect taken by me at the time listed 2023-10-01 16:43:29 at OAK airport arrival terminal for southwest flight (SWA3845) from Baltimore. It was found alive on a passenger inside the airplane while landing, captured, and euthanized in the airport terminal. All details (ie coordinates, time of photo) are exact. No other individuals were seen but a detailed search of fuselage was not performed by poster.

Statoblast, winter form of Pectinatella magnifica. 1 mm in diameter without counting the hooks. It has lost its floating coat around the hooks. It is made up of two discs that come apart when pulled. Each disc is made of brown cells. There is a narrow strip surrounding the edge of margin. Canal.

Pileus: 5 cm wide, 3 cm tall, black with patches of brown, irregularly lobed, margin attached to the stipe where they meet
Stipe: 10 cm tall, 2-4 cm wide, grayish brown, tapering, lacunose
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: solitary
Substrate: sandy soil and duff
Habitat: riparian forest in a young Pseudotsuga menziesii stand mixed with Populus trichocarpa and Quercus sp.
Elevation: 11 m