Treebeard:
Small umbrella-like sporophytes of native Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) - maybe California Liverwort (Asterella californica)?
Treebeard:
Tiny "umbrellas" of Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) plant in the canyon - maybe the California Liverwort (Asterella californica)?
Treebeard:
Foliose lichen growing from a twig in the Oregon woods with reproductive structures - maybe soredia
Treebeard:
Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) plant in the canyon - maybe the California Liverwort (Asterella californica), with gemmae
Treebeard:
Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) plants - maybe the California Liverwort (Asterella californica) - showing sporophytes
Treebeard:
These Lichens are abundant on tree branches like this fallen twig of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
Treebeard:
Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) plants - maybe the California Liverwort (Asterella californica) - showing gemmae
Treebeard:
Gold Eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus or kin) growing on a living branch of Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum, Rosaceae)
Treebeard:
Beautiful lichen - fruticose Gold Eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus or kin) on branch of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) - with apothecia
Treebeard:
Different Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) plants in the canyon - smaller and more tightly packed
Treebeard:
"Crustose" lichen on a dead branch of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) - showing apothecia