Arnold, Steve 1963 JOURNAL November 24 Strawberry Canyon Alameda Co., California Arrived @ mouth of Straw. Canyon @ 12:00 noon and proceeded up road. Found small tarantula (head + body length 2cm.) under cement slab just off road 200yds. E.N.E. of S.Canyon Recreation Area. Centipede found under stone in grass N. of road. Found several Batrachoseps under log @ edge of plowed area N. of U.C. Botanical Gardens parking lot, Gerrhonotus #51 multiviratus found under board @ edge of pine grove (see map.) Walked up road E.N.E. of Bot. Gardens. Road runs on west side of small canyon. Climbed down to stream and up other side of cany. to eucalyptus grove. Stripped bark of fallen eucal. log and found several more Batrachoseps. Ground under trees littered with fallen bark, still quite moist from rains during last few days - mushrooms, shelf fungus very conspicuous. (on underside of log where Batrachoseps were found N. of Bot. Garden parking lot there were 2 groups of spore-like objects - one group of about 18 and another of perhaps 3 dozen.) sporangia? (brown) stalk (black) plasmadium-like base x 3X