FL, Keys, 20071223
Port Bougainvillea, lichen and fungus and trees. 

25.1804 +/- 0.0007N (25+10/60+38/92.22/60) 80.3638 +/- 0.0007W (80+20/60+77/84.22/60)

A few nice rosettes. Nice set of confluent patches on mahogany. 

Coccocarpia? [] [voucher] 

This was on the big mahogany on the trail with the little name tag on it, fairly close to the open area.

Pores at oblique angle.  (This looks much more shiny and \Close-up of pores. Cross-section. Close-up of cap. Beautiful set on base of dogwood, bottom view.  Blackish-olive spores visible all over leaves and trunk. Beautiful set on base of dogwood, quarter-side view. 

Polyporaceae [] [voucher] 

This was on the base of a dogwood just off trail near the red stoppers.
 GEN large shelf fungus, in small cluster, at base of large fig (live), K? 
 CAP 100-150mm wide, flat, dusty black with ochre sheen but mostly matte, yellow growing marg, concentric ridges but not zoned at all, smooth
 FLESH 4-5mm thick, brown, dry, tough, corky
 PORE 4-5 per mm, v dk brown, to 8mm deep, smooth, thin walls, striking bright metallic-ochre when viewed at oblique angle
 SPORE print blackish olive green

Base of typical trunk. Young next to old trunk. Typical stretch of trunk. Base of typical trunk. 

Eugenia axillaris 

Old trunk base. Typical nicely-furrowed trunk. Typical semi-furrowed mature trunk base. Younger unfurrowed trunk. Young unfurrowed trunk. Ugly furrowed trunk. Ugly furrowed trunk base. Young trunk base. More typical subtly furrowed young trunk. 

Sideroxylon salicifolium 

Pretty stretch of unblemished trunk. 

Ficus 

Green smooth trunk base covered in lichens. Base of particularly green trunk. Nice stretch of green trunk. 

Piscidia piscipula 

Typical milky-white young trunk. Typical milky-white young trunk base. 

Ardisia escallonioides 

Grove of nicely fungicized trunks. Nice grove of mushroom-covered trunks in deep hammock. Typical moss and mushroom-covered trunk base in deep hammock. Section of trunk in open. Base of trunk in open. Some lichens on a mature trunk. 

Bourreria succulenta 

Base of trunk nicely covered in lichens. Typical trunk. 

Simarouba glauca 

Highly pitted/patchy/flaky trunks. 

Coccoloba diversifolia 

Base of typical trunk. Two typical trunks. Base of typical trunk. 

Gymnanthes lucida 

Typical trunk. Base of typical trunk. 

Drypetes diversifolia 

Rather old somewhat abused trunks. Older trunks start to turn leprose. Trunks with warts  not atypical. Typical young trunk. 

Ocotea coriacea 

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