Identificaciones de restrepowashere

Observed on 5/3/21
Location: near the upper trailhead of Mount Ellinor near Hoodsport, WA
Weather: Around 40 degrees and raining gently, snow on the ground in some places.
Habitat: Conifer dominated overstory, mostly THPL and PSME. Fairly sparse understory, some MANE and VAOV. Elevation around 1200 ft.
This species is a fairly large (leaf is approx 5mm) pleurocarp found on the soil duff layer. Weft-like moss. Color is quite a bright, almost yellow, green. Appearing almost complanate, leaves are spirally arranged. Leaf base with abundant paraphillia. Leaf apex sharply pointed and tapering to a more broad base. Leaf plicate and with two short costa. Seta and capsule reddish with prominent yellow peristome.

This moss was found on the side of a Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) on the side of a paved trail just off of Lot B at The Evergreen State College. This area was inhabited by a lot of big leaf maple, with some conifers residing throughout. There was a high population of other bryophytes and vascular plants nearby, but this patch of moss was relatively solitary.
This patch sat about 8 ft of the ground, and was about 12 x 9" in size. All specimens in this patch were dry so they curled into a downward fiddlehead shape. These specimens were dendroid in growth form and deep evergreen in color.

Habitat: In Acer macrophyllum dominated stand; just off the edge of a lesser used parking lot due to current world events
Weather: Clear skies; sunny and very warm out; 65F

This moss was found residing in the soil just underneath a Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) in a grassy patch between rows of parking spots in Lot B at The Evergreen State College.
I suspect that this patch of specimens in particular was relatively juvenile due to their size. Specimens were moderately hydrated, and formed dense, interwoven mats that were limited to soil and grass dominated ground. Using a magnifying class you can see the dichotomous branching of this moss, and its bilateral symmetry.

Habitat: Sitting just behind a curb in an Acer macrophyllum dominated area; mass amounts of bryophytic ground cover surrounded the specimen site
Weather: Clear skies; sunny and very warm out; 65F

This was moss was found on the bark of a Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) tree in EEON plot C10 on TESC campus in Olympia, WA.
This moss covered roughly a 24x16" section of the Big Leaf Maple trunk. I give this rough estimate because I was not tall enough to get exact measurements. The specimens seemed to be in a semi-hydrated state, and displayed a light grayish-green color.

Habitat: Deciduous dominant stand composed of mostly Alnus rubra and the occassional Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-Fir) and juvenile Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock); overstory dominant
Weather: Overcast, with the occasional light rain shower; 49F

-Mixed forest, Red Cedar and relatively young Red Alder and Douglas Fir
-Weather: Moderate rain
-pieces of veil on margin, mostly washed away by rain
-Solitary and humocolous
-Cap: Viscid and yellow-fading towards the margin, no banding
-Odor: indistinct
-Taste: Old plant matter
-Gills: Dark gray/purple-ish
-Stipe: Wooly

Found on trail of Evergreen, fallen from a tree. The lichen is still attached to its substrate, the fallen branch. This lichen is covered in isidia, have very few wrinkles on its surface, and the color is an incredibly pale green. Lobes are over 3mm's wide and the medulla is K-, C-, and P-.

Found on floor of Evergreen forest. On the trail towards the organic farm. Fallen from original substrate, obvious black bottom side and extremely pale green top side. Light brown apothecia present, forked branch ends and inside lobes are bright snow white.

Growing on same ponderosa branch as H. physodes, Parmelia sulcata, an Usnea, and a small flame lichen (unidentified).
Distinctive soralia are textbook H. tubulosa. Spot tests K+Y on cortex and medulla; P- on both.