BC, Wells Gray, 20080311
Edgewood Blue, lichens.
Key for Bryoria species (groups) most likely found here:
soredia white:
B. glabra diverging, U-shaped
B. fuscescens diverging, V-shaped
soredia white?
B. lanestris not diverging, v thin, dark
soredia yellow?
B. fremontii P-, main brs >> 2nd brs, brittle
B. tortuosa P-, (pseudocyphellae yellow, duller)
no soredia:
B. trichodes P+, K-, KC-, low elev moist
B. pseudofuscescens P+, K+y, KC-, high elev
B. capillaris-group P+, K+y, KC+r, low elev moist
These were all found on the old doug fir behind the outhouse, a delightful place to browse through Ramalina and Usnea.
Ramalina thrausta []
Usnea lapponica []
Stictis (that cool cannon-fungus-like thing)
These were in WGWI east, along various trails between EB and the creek.
Nephroma helveticum (on base of dead limb of aspen) [] [voucher]
Peltigera (on small raised wet rotted conifer? log)
| | GEN | | cladonia, on small raised wet rotted conifer? log |
| | THAL | | | squam | | abundant, small, white bel, 1mm or so, sl divided, much fine soredia along marg, turned up when dry, pleasing gray-green |
| podetia | | 20x1mm or narrower, somewhat wavy, pointed, powdery sorediate over all |
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C. norvegica if PD-;
C. coniocraea if PD+o/r. Small scales lean toward former.
Cladonia fimbriata []
| | GEN | | cladonia, on small raised wet rotted conifer? log |
| | THAL | | | squam | | abundant, up to 3mm, v divided, curled up, brownish green smooth ab, thickish, white felty below, not on sts |
| podetia | | to 15x1.5mm, cups on all barely wider than stalk, v finely powdery sorediate over nearly all becoming more like bumpy cortex bel but a clear demarcation just above base where it becomes continuous corticate, pycnidia lt brown and tiny all around clean neat cup rims |
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Seems it's vaguely possible it could be
C. chlorophaea-group as well, but Trevor has pointed out
C. fimbriata numerous times on walks.
Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla [] [voucher]
Kaernefeltia merrillii []
Bryoria pseudofuscescens [] [voucher]
| | THAL | | no soredia, brown, K+ yellowish turning dingy orangish, somewhat stiff and fragile |
Ochrolechia szatalaensis [] [voucher]
| | GEN | | crust lichen, on conifer twig |
| | THAL | | smooth, shiny, lt to med gray, C-, UV- |
| | APO | | large beautiful adnate disks, thick smooth shiny rims, disk pinkish, d white pruinose, epi w POL+ white fine crystals, rim and disk C- except a few C+ yell specks on rim, disk UV+ y/o |
| | SPORE | | 4 per ascus, ellip, thin wall, finely textured stuff inside, 47-63x27-35um (Q=1.5-1.9) (N=11), walls 0.73-3.6um (n=9) |
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