FL, Keys, 20070102
Dove Creek Hammock, flowers and lichens. 

Close-up, hanging on web. Hanging on web. 

Gasteracantha cranciformis [] 

Hanging in web, backlit.  (Used flash, I think.)

big red-legged spider 

Close-up of distinctive infl. Healthy stand of plants in fl. 

Blechum pyramidatum [] 

Close-up of hairs on underside of lf, at 30x.  Composite of sev photos focused at different levels. Stem hairs, at 30x. Stipule, at 30x. Infls, at 10x. Close-up of fr and glands, at 30x.  Now you see why it's called \Close-up of infls. Infls and lvs.  Note faint whitish down on sts. 

Chamaesyce lasiocarpa [] 

Close-up of uncinate bristles on fr, at 30x. Close-up of glandular and bulbous bristles, at 30x. 

Desmodium tortuosum [] 

Close-up of fl, full frontal. Close-up of fr. Close-up of fl, front/side view. 

Herissantia crispa [] 

Close-up of fl, full frontal view. Close-up of fl, front/side view. Close-up of fl, front view. 

Ipomoea indica [] 

Close-up of infl. Infl. 

Limonium carolinianum [] 

Close-up of fl. 

Lycium carolinianum [] 

Infl. 

Pisonia aculeata [] 

Infls and colored bracts. 

Poinsettia cyathophora [] 

Infl and bracts. 

Poinsettia heterophylla [] 

Good shot of fl from above. Close-up of fl, top/side view. Good shot of fl and lvs, top/side view. 

Sesuvium portulacastrum [] 

Nice old plant budding. Pretty non-blooming plant. 

Tillandsia paucifolia [] 

Lawn full of fls. Close-up of funky fruit. Close-up of st and lvs. Close-up of fl. Close-up of fl. 

Tribulus cistoides [] 

Close-up of same one.  Red apothecia def visible now. Covering dry old log.  Red apothecia visible here. 

Cladonia didyma vulcanica [] 

 GEN fruticose lichen, on hard rotting wood in exposed moist area
 THAL 
squamules covered with coarse soredia, squamules hard to see, lt grey, K+ bright yell
podetia short and stubby, covered with patches of coarse soredia, shredded brownish stereome visible esp upper half, no cups, 1 to few brs at v top
 APO deep red, dots to wider than podetia, not showy but not inconspic either

Cute picture on one covering tiny twig end. 

Lecanora hybocarpa [] 

Close-up of apo, at 30x. Close-up of wrinkled thallus, at 30x. Spores, at 1000x.  Marks are um. Spores in ascus, at 1000x.  Marks are um.  Muriform cells are not visible on immature spores. Spore, at 1000x.  Marks are um. Spore, at 1000x.  Marks are um. Algae, at 400x.  Marks are 2.5um. Dry one, on dead buttonwood. Beautiful dry specimen, on dead buttonwood. 

Leptogium chloromelum [] 

 GEN foliose jelly lichen, on hardwood bark
 THAL greyish to brownish, shiny, extremely wrinkled with min bunched and knotted wrinkles, no hairs or rhiz bel, thin
 ALG chain, blue-green, throughout thal
 APO lots, lecanorine, red flat disks, not pruinose, rims wrinkled like thal, brown epihymenium and hypothecium, clear hymenium
 SPORE 8 per ascus, football, colorless, lots of bubbles, 6-8 celled muriform

Good shot of lobes, on buttonwood. 

Pyxine berteriana [] 

Sev clumps on buttonwood. Good shot of well-developed clump. Nice shot of old and young specimen side-by-side. Blurry shot of big clump with some apo. Shapely clump, on dead branch. 

Ramalina complanata [] 

 GEN fruticose lichen, on hardwood bark in exposed situation
 THAL bushy, br'd sev times, brs v flattened, covered with white tubercles esp near edges
 MED white, K-, C-, KC+ pink to orangish
 APO lots, large, on edges esp near tips, underside and rim covered with tubercles
 SPORE ??? 

Ramalina stenospora [] 

 GEN fruitcose lichen, on hardwood bark in exposed situation
 THAL bushy, tangled, brs nearly terete, smooth with conspic elongate white striations
 MED white
 APO lots, smooth, no rims

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