CA, Central Coast, 20070225
Monterrey, mostly lichens.
Location 50
Tassajara. 0.4mi inland from last intersection (something-cagua road).
Foot of north slope; v damp and shady canyon bottom; hardwood forest. On mossy trees.
121°35'42.4"W +/- 6.1"
36°23'4.9"N +/- 5.0"
475m +/- 15m
Point Lobos SP.
Location 51
South plateau trail. Shady pine bases. Level ground. Mixed forest.
121°56'18.1"W +/- 3.7"
36°30'37.4"N +/- 10.0"
30m +/- 10m
| | GEN | | lichen, on base of pine |
| | THAL | | | squamules | | finely div, small (1-2mm occ 3mm), lt green, ecort and white w granular soredia bel, largest scales vivid orange bel near base, sl thickish |
| podetia | | 10-15mmx1mm, straight, unbr, d finely sorediate over entire surface except v small zone of continuous cortex at v base on some, rarely bare in patches, red round pycnidia at tips |
K+y obvious, KC- |
Flavoparmelia caperata [] [voucher]
Flavopunctelia flaventior [] [voucher]
Flavopunctelia soredica [] [voucher]
Location 52
South plateau trail. Open pines. Level ground. Mixed forest. These
mostly on fallen pines creating rather open areas.
121°56'18.1"W +/- 3.7"
36°30'37.4"N +/- 10.0"
30m +/- 10m
Flavoparmelia caperata [] [voucher]
Flavopunctelia flaventior [] [voucher]
Flavopunctelia flaventior [] [voucher]
Flavopunctelia flaventior [] [voucher]
Hypogymnia heterophylla [] [voucher]
| | THAL | | irreg mess tangled ~ascend lobes, rounded x-sect, mottled and rugose, perf, perhaps some lobules |
| | MED | | dark inside, KC+pink, P+o |
Ugly specimen, but matches well enough, I guess.
Hypogymnia heterophylla [] [voucher]
| | GEN | | lichen, coastal hardwood limbs overlooking sea |
| | THAL | | pendulous, well-br, no constrictions, lobes to 2mm, rugose in older parts, lots of black and brown dots, black below, no perforations, tips convex to flattened and turned up, tips v bluntly pointed, mostly dichot br, no lobules, K-, KC-, C-, P- |
| | MED | | white, yellish inside near tips to dk brown everywhere else, K+ weak yell, C+ yell quickly to brown, KC+ yell quickly to brown, P+ yell quickly to orange-red, UV- |
Brodo fails, but
Nash and
Ways keys unambiguously to
H. heterophylla. Trevor agrees it should be
H. h., which he claims is common in that park.
| | GEN | | lichen, coastal hardwood limbs overlooking sea |
| | THAL | | densely bushy, to 40mm long, pendant, branches round but irreg, green, sl mottled, abundant round pillow-like powdery soralia, soredia greenish, soralia on edges and term |
| | MED | | white, loose, uniform |
| | GEN | | lichen, coastal hardwood limbs overlooking sea |
| | THAL | | pendant, branches flattened and 1-2mm wide, elongate but discrete soralia abundant along edges sometimes bursting apart entire thallus, soredia farinose, fairly smooth at least nearer tips, yellow-green, K-, P- |
| | MED | | v thin to almost lacking(!) |
Nash claims should be P+ and either KC+ or K+, but
Brodo allows for all negative as well.
Same as above but...
| | THAL | | some laminal soralia |
| | GEN | | lichen, coastal hardwood limbs overlooking sea |
| | THAL | | pendant, branches flattened but "muscular" near base, some short ellip sl raised pseudocyphellae present at base of some plants, yell-green, well and broadly branched, tips torn asunder in broad lip or helmet shaped soralia, soredia farinose, tips v finely laciniate |
Ugh,
Nash key has issues;
Brodo nails it immediately.
| | THAL | | shrubby, black at v base, pap, not fibrillose, tough thick cortex, isidia and soredia in scattered soralia, greenish, round, few cracks |
| | MED | | thin, white, K-, C-, CK- |
Location 53
Rocks overlooking Gibson Beach. These are the obvious rocks above the
trail out to Bird Island. Need to scramble up to see them. W to SW face; full exposure to sun, wind, fog.
121°56'21.2"W +/- 6.2"
36°30'24.9"N +/- 2.0"
25m +/- 5m
Flavopunctelia flaventior [] [voucher]
Location 54
Bird Island trail overlooking China Cove. Tons of Ramalinas of 5-6
species draping limbs of scrubby ceanothus and oak with full western exposure, esp to moist ocean air, and full sun half the day.
121°56'23.6"W +/- 1.2"
36°30'27.7"N +/- 0.5"
20m +/- 5m
Eschscholzia californica []
Linum bienne []
Marah fabaceus []
| | FL | | yellish-cream, rotate, 1cm or so |
| | GEN | | lichen, coastal hardwood limbs overlooking sea |
| | THAL | | densely bushy, to 30mm round, branches round but irreg, green, sl mottled, abundant round pillow-like powdery soralia, soredia bluish to green, soralia on edges and term |
| | MED | | white, loose, uniform |
Same as above but...
| | THAL | | sharp tips, well-defined deep black maculae scattered all over |
| | GEN | | lichen, on cypress bark by sea |
| | THAL | | pendant, branches solid and flattened with prom ridges and cords esp along marg, no soredia, yell-green, shiny |
| | APO | | abundant, on marg, to 6-7mm wide, yellish, glab |
Ramalina subleptocarpha [] [voucher]
| | GEN | | lichen, on cypress bark by sea |
| | THAL | | pendant, branches solid and flat and 2-3mm wide, grey-green, soralia abundant and confluent linear along marg and delimited ellip-lin laminal, sparingly branched |
Location 55
Weston Beach. A little conglomerate crag weakly attached to mainland
covered with Caloplaca and Xanthoria. Just above tide zone. Obviously covered with orange and easily accessible from trail; near W end of cove.
121°56'42.7"W +/- 12.3"
36°30'47.3"N +/- 5.0"
7m +/- 2m
Caloplaca coralloides [] [voucher]
Location 56
Overlooking The Slot(?) Some highly-exposed crags over a vertiginous
cliff; have to cross fence to get there. Good place to hide from trail and study Niebla to your heart's delight. Fully exposed to sun, wind, and fog.
121°56'48.9"W +/- 6.2"
36°30'48.6"N +/- 2.5"
15m +/- 5m
| | GEN | | lichen, on exposed rock |
| | THAL | | finely and densely branched cushion about 50mm round, light green, maculate esp near base, branches very short and pointed, lots of bead-like black pycnidia, branches solid, K-, C-, KC- |
| | APO | | several, 1mm, white-powdery, near term |
This is farther north than the range
Nash states.
| | GEN | | lichen, on exposed rock |
| | THAL | | short dense round tuft, < 20mm tall, greyish green, irreg rounded solid branches, v rarely branched, tips covered with dense clusters of rounded growths (proto-apothecia), maculate, black at very base |
| | MED | | white, not dense, uniform |
No dot in Pt Lobos in
Nash.
Same as above but...
| | APO | | abundant, at tips in clusters, greenish with whitish pruina |
Niebla homalea []
| | GEN | | lichen, on exposed rock |
| | THAL | | very ridged and angular and often flattened, dull grey-green, black pycnidia all over, sparingly branched, bush 60-80mm round, scraggly |
| | MED | | dense, white, uniform |
No dot at Pt Lobos in
Nash.
Lecanora "coralloid" [voucher]
| | GEN | | lichen, on exposed rock above sea |
| | THAL | | weakly fruticose, thick short stipitate apothecia, milky, K+ weak yellow, KC+ strong gold, C- |
| | MED | | v tough and dense, K-, C-, KC- |
| | ALG | | very unevenly distributed |
| | APO | | large, disk, lecanorine| rim | | prominant becoming thinner, often with protuberances, thalline, cortex v thick |
| disc | | pinkish, strongly white pruinose, lots of black mottling in older ones |
| epihymenium | | brown, POL+ white clearing in K |
| amphithecium | | thick, very uneven algal layer, POL-, cortex thick with POL+ outer layer clearing in K, K- or very briefly yellow |
| paraphyses | | unbranched, septate, swollen to rounded tips, wiggly or not straight |
|
| | SPORE | | 8 per ascus (16 in some? or were those two just double-asci stacked?), elliptical, clear, smooth, (10)12+/-1.2(14)x(5.0)5.8+/-0.61(6.9)um (Q=(1.6)2.0+/-0.25(2.4)) (N=10) |
Location 57
Rocks on bluff edge overlooking sealion cove. Similar deal, on Sand
Hill trail, I believe, overlooking sealions. Fully exposed to sun, wind, and fog.
121°57'2.8"W +/- 3.1"
36°30'57.8"N +/- 4.0"
15m +/- 5m
Niebla homalea []
| | GEN | | lichen, on exposed rock |
| | THAL | | sparsely branched, lt green, smooth, solid, v flattened, bushy, ~40mm round, v hard cortex, black pycnidia esp on margins, brownish below to black at base |
| | MED | | white, uniform, dense |
| | APO | | pruinose, clustered near tips, abundant |
Same as above except
| | THAL | | broader longer branches, base with clear black zone and no brown, less dense overall |
| | GEN | | lichen, on exposed rock |
| | THAL | | sparsely branched, distinctly yellish, finely maculate, blackish-stained medulla showing through cracks, branches rounded and sl irreg, tips blunt to somewhat sharp with term black pycnidia, broad black pycnidia all over surrounded by black stains, cortex v thick and hard, v black in well-defined zone near base, black at base and around pycnidia mostly on lower side |
| | APO | | clustered term, sl pinkish, white pruinose |
No dot at Pt Lobos in
Nash.
odd cushion lecanora
Location 58
Rocks above Sealion Point. Easily accessible from trail to point (and
many people obviously do!). Full exposed to sun, wind, fog. The "octopus" lichen tends to be on more sheltered NW to N, slightly overhung faces.
121°57'8.9"W +/- 3.1"
36°31'5.8"N +/- 2.0"
15m +/- 5m
Dendrographa leucophaea [] [voucher]
Niebla procera []
Location 59
Cypress Grove. All over loop, but my samples from early on going
clockwise. Open cypress forest, probably not too sheltered from wind, sun, fog.
121°57'10.5"W +/- 6.2"
36°31'17.2"N +/- 5.0"
15m +/- 5m
Cupressus macrocarpa []
Dendrographa leucophaea [] [voucher]
Niebla cephalota []
Physcia tenella []
Ramalina leptocarpha []
Trentepohlia []
Zigadenus fremontii []
| | LF | | mostly basal, some well-dev caul, big, green |
| | INFL | | 1 term d rac, pedicels spread |
| | TEP | | 6, subeq, lance, v sl clawed, white w yellish glandular area at base, fairly large |
| | STAM | | half length of tepals |
brownish bark lecanora
black-rim grey-eye crust
Location 60
Somewhere between The Slot and Hidden Beach? Just some Cladonia I
picked up along heath trail from moist trail bank. Fairly exposed.
121°56'45.8"W +/- 18.5"
36°30'47.3"N +/- 5.0"
7m +/- 2m
| | THAL | | | squamules | | abundant, lobed, ecorticate below, smooth olive to brown above, curling up when dry, to 3mm, pure white bel |
| podetia | | 3-5mm tall, to 3mm wide, squat, ecorticate, sparse granules and phyllidia, cups broad with loads of granules and phyllidia inside, black to brown pycnidia on v short proliferations around edge of cups |
|
| | MED | | white, K+y v weak, P+r |
In
Nash it keys to
C. hammeri: too coarse to be
C. humilis or
C. nashii, too narrow to be
C. pyxidata. I'm leaving it at
C. pyxidata until
C. hammeri becomes better established.
Elsewhere
Agaricus osecanus-group []
In a grassy area next to a parking lot.
Carpobrotus chilensis []
On bluff tops overlooking sea. Common.
Castilleja latifolia []
Scattered in open areas near coast.
| | GEN | | peren, bushy, v d long shaggy-bristly all over, not glandular, bracts yellish to orangish, not deeply lobed |
Conicosia pugioniformis []
On bluff top overlooking sea. Rare.
Lactarius deliciosus []
In pine woods to n of entrance.
| | GEN | | med-large low msuhroom, solit, under pines |
| | ST | | squat, thick, tapering a bit to bottom, same color as cap |
| | CAP | | striking rusty-emerald-green-blue color, tacky |
| | FLESH | | paler yellish to orangish, emerald bleeding into it from cuticle, grainy brittle texture |
| | GILL | | decur, some forked, distant |
pruinose-black-lecideine [voucher]
Xanthoria
/Caloplaca
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