Bull's eye, blotches, shrooms

I never tire of looking at lichen-covered rocks. These are on the ones lining the parking spaces on Tyee Spit.

At least three different species of lichen here. The brown sections in the Bull's-eye lichen are fruiting bodies.

Pale greenish Bull's-eye lichens, slightly purplish blobby lichens, and specks here and there of yellow lichens.

Yellow, greenish, purplish. Lichens each follow their own individual timetable; while some are full of fruiting bodies, others are just "leaves".

On the ground near the rocks, three mushrooms, and new seedlings getting a head start on next spring.

Folded lichen

Lichen on rocks near Gold River:

I like the way this patch folds down over the sharp edge of the rock. The pink dots are fruiting bodies.

The black spots and orangey smudges on the rock beneath are also lichens.

Another patch on the same rock.