CA, Southern California, 20080818
Madison Heights, lichens and fungi.

Ganoderma lucidum []

Northeast corner of Los Robles and Fillmore. Still quite young. See photo on 20080902.

Boletus subtomentosus [] [voucher]

East side of Oakland somewhat closer to Alpine than Fillmore, in lawn.
GEN medium-large mushroom, clustered with a few scattered nearby in lawn, not far from a Lebanon cedar
ST tapered at base, yellow, with red coating in upper half (but ending abruptly near top) in some, solid, firm, glabrous, no glands, staining v slowly blue
CAP even rich medium brown
FLESH firm, bright yellow, v slowly staining blue
PORE bright yellow, not bruising, coarse and somewhat irregular, strongly toothed
SPORE print rich yellowish brown, bolete-type, (11)12+/-0.7(13)x(4.5)4.9+/-0.3(5.5)um (N=14)

Lecanora hagenii []

Last magnolia going south on Oakland on west side of street just north of Alpine. (Also 874 S Oakland has an ash that is positively teeming with it.)

Rinodina laevigata [] [voucher]

Same magnolia as in .
GEN crustose lichen, on magnolia bark
THAL lt-med gray-green, verruculose to maybe blastidiate, K-
APO lecanorine
disk black, matte, epruinose, flat becoming convex
rim dk green like thallus, smooth, not raised, persist, filled with algae, cortex thin and uniform
partial excipular ring present on some, epi brown due to paraphyses tips, hymen clear, hypo clear
para simple, abruptly clavate, tips with brown caps
no crystals
SPORE clear then gray then dk brown, ellip, smooth, 2 cell, 8 per ascus
uneven walls apical thickening and angular septum when young, lumina inflating in age, sometimes losing apical thickening, torus present and swelling slightly in K
two layers visible at septum in maturity, sometimes curved when young, 14-15x7-8um
Spores are seemingly too small. I saw a number with K+ swollen septa, so I tried Dirinaria-type spores for a while (R. santa-monicae, R. californiensis) but it just doesn't work. See ID on 20080826 for confirmation of Physcia-type spores and scabrid thallus, verifying R. laevigata diagnosis.

Physciella? []

Same magnolia as in .