FL, Keys, 20071212
Dove Creek Hammock, flowers and lichens.

Bay side, among the Tillandsia mostly, all open sunny habitat.
25.0326 +/- 0.0007N (25+2/60-2/92.22/60) 80.5034 +/- 0.0007W (80+30/60+8.5/84.22/60)

Leptogium chloromelum []
| | GEN | | gel lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | fairly large, deep brown-gray, extremely wrinkled, corticate |
| | APO | | abundant, red-brown, lecanorine, rough but non-lobulate marg, to 1.5mm wide |
smoky-eye
Physcia neogaea []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | lt gray, conspic maculate, convex, lobes ~0.3-0.4mm wide, well-branched and spreading, not imbr, intricate-looking, white bel w scattered short white to black rhiz, no soredia |
| | APO | | to 1mm wide, lecanorine, black to brown, heavily white pruinose, flat, prom smooth even rim |
Heterodermia albicans []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | lt greenish gray, not marked| lobes | | spreading, 3-5mm wide | marg somewhat turned up, white bel w scattered white to black short rhiz, fine soredia starting along marg but soon covering entire center (some looking lie laminal round soralia where it covers entire lobe-tips in the center) |
| | APO | | a few on one thallus, marg v prom and curled in a bit, tiny, black, not pruinose, some margs sorediate |
Pyxine berteriana []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | lt greenish gray to whitish, not marked, flat, lobes ~0.2-0.3mm, highly branched, not imbr, black bel w many short black rhiz |
| | APO | | lecideine, black, to 0.7mm wide, sl convex, prom thin black marg, white thalline rim outside black rim on some apo on one thallus, not pruinose, fairly well-raised above thallus |
Dirinaria applanata []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | lt gray, appressed, lobe tips fan-shaped, smooth black bel w no rhiz, round soralia scattered in center |
Coccocarpia palmicola []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | gray to dk gray, matte-shiny, smooth, flat w min uplifted marg, lobes to 1-1.5mm wide, lobes spreading and overlapping a bit, d fuzzy tangle of bluish-black hairs below and protruding sl, covered w min cyl isidia except on 2-3mm naked marg |
This looks identical to
20060702 from CabinCove, but I have no literature that covers this group with me.


Canoparmelia martiniciana []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | lt greenish gray, smooth near tips, gently ruffled, mostly attached, no markings| libes | | rounded, 4-6mm wide | pale brown bel near tips to black in center, smooth and shiny and naked bel near marg, cyl isidia scattered in older parts but breaking down into soredia |

Parmotrema praesorediosum? []
| | GEN | | foliose lichen, on buttonwood bark |
| | THAL | | v lt gray, smooth, gently ruffled, mostly attached, no markings| lobes | | rounded, 4-7mm wide | pale brown bel near tips to black in center, smooth and shiny and naked bel near marg, fine soralia in piles on high spots in older portions |
Require chemical analysis to identify.

Gasteracantha cranciformis []


other spider


Sophora tomentosa




Tillandsia usneoides

Tillandsia flexuosa

Tillandsia fasciculata?


Tillandsia utriculata
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