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 [] [voucher]
| | 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 |
Physcia maculate-keys [] [voucher]
| | 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 |
<RC Harris> calls this "Physcia sp. Small 7569".
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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? [] [voucher]
| | 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.


Parmotrema tinctorum? [] [voucher]
| | 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 |
If
Parmotrema,
<RC Harris> clearly says it should be
P. tinctorum, but it doesn't look like
P. to me. The only other choice is
Canoparmelia, in which case it should be
C. amazonica. It should be med C+r if
P. t., med K- if
C. a..

| | 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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