Bohemia Ecological Preserve- mixed hardwood/conifer forest with scattered grasslands on serpentine vein, adjacent to Duvoul Creek
Found scattered amongst other organic matter and leaf litter on wet, mossy earth on the bank of Duvoul Creek.
Black, hexagonal/square/splotchy apothecia in epidermal layer of leaf, forming a multi-colored mosaic pattern across leafs surface with bold zones of inhibition. I believe these are Valley oak leaves (?) but I couldn't make out a nearby host tree
Fruiting abundantly under Monterey pines mostly, alder, fir, Sitka spruce , and redwood growing nearby.
Spores bean-shaped to rounded-almond shaped (tapered at one end).
10-12 x 6-7 µm.
Pileipellis with chains of cylindrical elements, clamps abundant, weakly encrusted.
No gills, ridges, pores or teeth
Dark reddish brown convoluted cap with wrinkles
White stipe