This is a very common lichen found throughout the PNW. Hypogymnia as a genus are distinctive and readily recognizable. Figuring…
This is another of that handful of mosses that I thought I could identify from a standing position, but in…
Starting out the new year with a blob, the bright orange yellow fungi Dacrymyces chrysospermus. My nbo Morgan and I…
I have seen many patches of dark grey or brown, gelatinous lichens, in my ramblings, but for some reason had…
Another moss, another misidentification, but this one wasn’t as egregious as many, since I merely mistook papillose (having bumps) lamellae…
This liverwort is the 3rd species in the grouping from The Cliff that contained Dannorrisia bigelovii and Leucolepis acanthoneura. I…
This is one of the rare lichens with an accepted common name. Usnea as a whole are often called beard…
I was tempted to list palmtree moss as the common name for this, because that is what I mentally call…
Tiger beetles in general get my juices flowing in a different way than other insects, because they really have to…
The first time I found some Atrichum was a couple of weeks ago. I was pretty excited because I knew…