California Coast

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Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara

Rancho Nuevo Trailhead

Pine Mountain

Wolf Lichens, Pine Mountain

Trinity Mountains, Grizzly Creek, Russian Gulch

Redwoods, Russian Gulch

Redwoods, Grizzly Creek

King Mountain, Lost Coast

near McClellan Rock, Coast Range

Lost Coast through Mendocino Coast

Shelter Cove

Russian Gulch

Mendocino Coast

Point Lobos

Ventana Wilderness outside of Monterrey

These were all taken on Chews Ridge, off Tassajara Road.

Turn back now if lichens and flowers bore the hell out of you!

Western Trillium - <i>Trillium ovatum</i>

Western Trillium - Trillium ovatum

Stream Violet - Viola glabella

Scarlet Waxy-Cap - <i>Hygrocybe punicea</i>

Scarlet Waxy-Cap - Hygrocybe punicea

This orange, carotene-rich, velvety stuff is actually green algae, growing on Monterrey Cypress (<i>Cupressus macrocarpa</i>).

This orange, carotene-rich, velvety stuff is actually green algae, growing on Monterrey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa).

Some sort of Bird's Nest Fungus

Pixie-Cups - Cladonia carneola?

Lipstick Powderhorn - <i>Cladonia macilenta</i>

Lipstick Powderhorn - Cladonia macilenta

Coastal Thornbush Lichen - <i>Kaernefeltia californica</i><br>some <i>Tuckermannopsis ?</i> (behind)

Coastal Thornbush Lichen - Kaernefeltia californica
some Tuckermannopsis ? (behind)

Gold-Eye Lichen - <i>Teloschistes chrysophthalmus</i>

Gold-Eye Lichen - Teloschistes chrysophthalmus

Tree-Coral - <i>Sphaerophorus globosus</i>

Tree-Coral - Sphaerophorus globosus

Elegant Centipede Lichen - <i>Heterodermia leucomela</i><br>The Dotted Line - <i>Ramalina farinacea</i><br>some Ruffle Lichen - <i>Parmotrema</i>

Elegant Centipede Lichen - Heterodermia leucomela
The Dotted Line - Ramalina farinacea
some Ruffle Lichen - Parmotrema

Forked Tube Lichen - <i>Hypogymnia imshaugii</i>

Forked Tube Lichen - Hypogymnia imshaugii

Lungwort - <i>Lobaria pulmonaria</i><br>(typical indicator species for healthy oldgrowth forests)

Lungwort - Lobaria pulmonaria
(typical indicator species for healthy oldgrowth forests)

Powdered Ruffle Lichen - <i>Parmotrema chinense</i>?

Powdered Ruffle Lichen - Parmotrema chinense?

Whiskered Tarpaper - <i>Leptochidium albociliatum</i>

Whiskered Tarpaper - Leptochidium albociliatum

Little bitty <i>Mycena</i> at base of live oak.

Little bitty Mycena at base of live oak.

Devil's Matchsticks - <i>Pilophorus acicularis</i>

Devil's Matchsticks - Pilophorus acicularis

Scum-Lover - <i>Multiclavula lucida</i><br>(Unusual case of a club mushroom that has independently evolved into a lichen -- most are related to cup fungi.)

Scum-Lover - Multiclavula lucida
(Unusual case of a club mushroom that has independently evolved into a lichen -- most are related to cup fungi.)

Frost Lichen - <i>Physconia isidiigera</i>?

Frost Lichen - Physconia isidiigera?

Rim-Lichen? - Lecanora?

(I haven't had a chance to identify most of the following crostose lichens yet.)

Beats me -- can't wait to stick 'er under the scope!

Rock-Olive? - Peltula?

Bare-Bottommed Sunburst Lichen - <i>Xanthoria fulva</i><br>some <i>Physcia</i>-like Rosette Lichen

Bare-Bottommed Sunburst Lichen - Xanthoria fulva
some Physcia-like Rosette Lichen

looks like <i>Ochrolechia oregonensis</i> but shouldn't be on rock<br>some sort of young <i>Sedum</i> or <i>Dudleya</i>

looks like Ochrolechia oregonensis but shouldn't be on rock
some sort of young Sedum or Dudleya

Beats me.

Seaside Firedot Lichen? - <i>Caloplaca inconspecta</i>?

Seaside Firedot Lichen? - Caloplaca inconspecta?

Granite Firedot Lichen? - <i>Caloplaca arenaria</i>?

Granite Firedot Lichen? - Caloplaca arenaria?

Pincushion Sunburst Lichen? - <i>Xanthoria polycarpa</i>?

Pincushion Sunburst Lichen? - Xanthoria polycarpa?

Coral Firedot Lichen - <i>Caloplaca coralloides</i>

Coral Firedot Lichen - Caloplaca coralloides

Gold Cobblestone Lichen - <i>Acarospora contigua</i>?<br>Flame Firedot Lichen - <i>Caloplaca ignea</i><br>Silver Moonglow Lichen? - <i>Dimelaena radiata</i>?<br>Rock-Nipple Lichen - <i>Thelomma mammosum</i><br>and the blackish thing in the upper right

Gold Cobblestone Lichen - Acarospora contigua?
Flame Firedot Lichen - Caloplaca ignea
Silver Moonglow Lichen? - Dimelaena radiata?
Rock-Nipple Lichen - Thelomma mammosum
and the blackish thing in the upper right

Bush Lupine on slopes of Valencia Peak - <i>Lupinus longifolius</i>?

Bush Lupine on slopes of Valencia Peak - Lupinus longifolius?

Armored Fog Lichen at Navarro Point - <i>Niebla homalea</i>

Armored Fog Lichen at Navarro Point - Niebla homalea

Bouquet Fog Lichen at Point Lobos - <i>Niebla combeoides</i>

Bouquet Fog Lichen at Point Lobos - Niebla combeoides

unnamed Fog Lichen at Point Lobos - <i>Niebla ceruchoides</i>

unnamed Fog Lichen at Point Lobos - Niebla ceruchoides

California Poppy - <i>Eschscholzia californica</i>

California Poppy - Eschscholzia californica

Fuschia-Flowered Gooseberry - <i>Ribes speciosum</i>

Fuschia-Flowered Gooseberry - Ribes speciosum

some Sunburst Lichen - <i>Xanthoria polycarpa</i>?

some Sunburst Lichen - Xanthoria polycarpa?

Lace Lichen - Ramalina menziesii