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Starting with the idea that this is Hypogymnia, I reviewed photos on Mr. Goward's Ways of Enlichenment website and found similarities with H. tubulosa: the protrusions at the ends of the tubes, covered with (?) soredia. The inside of the tubes is black, except at the lobes. This specimen appeared in my garden a few weeks ago after wind, so likely blew down from a western red cedar. It appears to be old. I found a smaller specimen more recently - it shows little damage and is bluish green so I'm assuming is younger. See: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75187928

Starting with the idea that this is Hypogymnia, I reviewed photos on Mr. Goward's Ways of Enlichenment website and found similarities with H. tubulosa: the protrusions at the ends of the tubes, covered with (?) soredia. The inside of the tubes is black, except at the lobes. This specimen appeared in my garden after wind, so likely blew down from a western red cedar. This specimen seems young to me : it shows little damage, is quite small and is bluish green.
I found an older specimen and posted it at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75183184

Probably.

Highly curled/tilted leaflets. Many wilted and persistent dead leaves, but I'd have to go back next spring to confirm how long each fresh set lasts.

Several sporangiasters present in most sori, although they can be tough to see in such large sori balls.

Hydathodes look wide and round, and veins somewhat hidden in thick fleshy leaves.

• Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Point Gray, Vancouver area, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
  o 49°14'55.0"N 123°13'38.3"W

• In a forest
• On a tree log with other species of moss
• Has low exposure to sunlight
• Roughly 0.3m elevation from ground
• Associated with different species of moss
• No sporophyte
• Has radiating midribs (main midrib is long and is sided by two shorter fainter ones)
• Yellow green tufts
• Dark red stem
• Accompanied by no one

• Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Point Gray, Vancouver area, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
  o 49°14'54.6"N 123°13'31.9"W.

• In forest
• On a tree stump by a pathway
• Has low-medium exposure to sunlight
• 0.0-1.0m elevation from ground

• Scapania bolanderi is the dominating species on the stump
  o There’s a bunch of leaves on the top of the stump and some moss here and there

• Observable oil bodies
• Has widely separated teeth of the dorsal lobe compared to finely dentist central lobes
• Leafy plant
• Lobes round to obtuse
• Accompanied by Catherine

• Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Point Gray, Vancouver area, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
  o 9°14'55.0"N 123°13'39.1"W.

• On soil in a forest floor opening surrounded by leaves
• Has medium exposure to sunlight
• In forest
• 0.0m elevation from ground

• Associated with no other moss species
  o Surrounded by leaves and shoots of other plants

• Hairless calyptra
• Seta and sporangium are red brown
• Contorted leaves when dry
• Teeth in diagonal lines on lower leaf surface
• Accompanied by no one

• Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, North Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
  o 49°20'36.1"N 123°06'49.7"W.

• In forest
• On soil by a pathway near ferns and other low growing plants
• Has medium exposure to sunlight
• 0.0m elevation from ground
• Not associated with other mosses or species

• Abundant
  o Observed similar mosses along pathway on crevices of cliff walls and by/on tree stumps

• Yellow-green with feather like appearance
• Pinnately branched
• Single costa
• Teeth on leaf
• Accompanied by Olivia

• Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
  o 49°23'31.4"N 123°12'17.4"W

• On soil and roots on an overarching small cliff/snowbank
• Has medium-high exposure to sunlight
• By a ski slope on a mountain
• Over 1.0m elevation from ground
• Surrounded by lichen, wood and small non-vascular plants
• Smooth lamellae
• Green leaves with red-brown tip
• Leaves upright when dry and wide spreading when wet
• Acrocarpous
• Laminar edges overarch the leaf
• Red/brown sporangium
• Accompanied by no one

The striping on the blooms doesn't seem to be typical of this species. It is clear on the middle three blooms and in close examination of a high resolution version of the photo is faintly present in the blooms above and below, drying and developing. We will watch in the area next year for more like this. It seems that the plant will bloom just once.

On the way up to Tricouni Meadows saw the bear across a creek.
This bear was feeding on a Mountain Goat. It is not known if the bear caught the goat or acquired it from another predator. The bear was first spotted in the trees above the kill In the nearby wooded area. There was open alpine land with a steep slope down to a creek. The bear then went back into the wood and emerged inline with goat and started to pull it into the wooded area.