These are the last of the lichens from Roberts Lake. For now; there are always more. I collected a few fallen branches beside the trail and brought them out into the (still dim) light to take their photos on the hood of my car; a nice, basic grey for a background. These three were typical.
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| A bone lichen, probably Hooded bone, Hypogymia physodes. "Ubiquitous," says the guide book. It is "among the most pollution-tolerant of the macrolichens." (P&MK) |
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| This may be the same species. Or not. Those 2 round pits on the tip of swollen lobes are something I've not noticed before. |
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| And a rag lichen, Platismatia glauca. "abundant ... fluffy, disheveled, large-lobed"; the guide book again. |
And I carried all my collected branches back to the shade of the forest before I left.
Next: a lot of mushrooms. With critters. And I've since been to the estuary to look at mallards and to the dock, chasing kelp crabs. Coming up soon.
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Estos son los últimos de los líquenes que vi cerca del lago Roberts. Por ahora, pues siempre hay más. Junté algunas ramas caídas al lado del sendero y los llevé al estacionamiento donde había mejor luz para sacar sus fotos.
- Un liquen "hueso", probablemente Hypogymnia physodes. El libro guía dice que son "omnipresentes". Es "entre los macrolíquenes que mejor toleran la polución ambiental". (P&MK)
- Otro que puede ser de la misma especie, o por lo menos una de las Hypogymnia sp. Esos 2 pocitos redondos en puntas infladas de los lóbulos es algo que no he observado antes.
- Un liquen de los que llamamos "trapos viejos". Platismatia glauca. "abundantes ... ondulados, desaliñados, con lóbulos grandes ..." (Macrolichens...)
Regresé todas las ramas a la sombra del bosque antes de irme.
Mañana; un montón de hongos. Con bichitos. Y desde esta visita al lago Roberts, he ido al estuario para ver patos, y al muelle, mirando cangrejos kelp. Estoy procesando las fotos ...




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