FL, Keys, 20071209
Port Bougainvillea, lichens and fungus. 

Looked along canal for Ramalina and was not disappointed.

Cross-section. Pores. Side view. Close-up of one of the caps. Gorgeous set on a small stump. 

Tyromyces chioneus-group [] [voucher] 

 GEN large shelf mushroom, on hardwood stump (unknown ID)
 CAP 150-250mm wide, weakly lumpy and zoned, glab, varying shades of plain old brown, margin broadly rounded (~10mm thick)
 FLESH white, firmly watery-spongy, faint concentric rings visible
 PORE pure white, 2-3 per mm, holes small rel to walls, smooth, 0.5mm deep
 SPORE print whitish? 

 

Nice patchwork of crusts. Closer view of a bunch of ramalina. Typical trunk covered with ramalina. Location. 

These I just IDed by photo, since I didn't collect any:

25.1746 +/- 0.0007N (25+10/60+22/92.22/60) 80.3650 +/- 0.0007W (80+20/60+80/84.22/60)

Beautiful rosette. 

Dirinaria applanata (See 20071218.) [] 

Beautiful rosette. Beautiful rosette. Beautiful rosette. Some big rosettes. 

Dirinaria purpurascens (See 20071218.) [] 

Another rosette. Some big rosettes. 

Physcia neogaea (See 20071218.) [] 

Close-up of warty clump. Two pretty clumps. Pretty clump against water background. Closer view of a bunch of ramalina. 

Ramalina complanata [voucher] 

Some shady clumps. Pretty clump against water background. Closer view of a bunch of ramalina. 

Ramalina montagnei [voucher] 

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