Found:
About 95 meter North of the rope stairs at Baker Beach in the mid intertidal zone growing on a rock underwater in tidepool.
Forgive my group member for not using a coin for scale or taking better pictures it was his first collection for the herbarium project, and he was not properly prepared.
Collected on 03/06/24.
Chondranthus with epipytic Herpochondria (Microcladia).
On rock in a tidepool with high exposure to open water. Big Beach, Ulcluelet.
On boulder, low intertidal. Can’t see well in photo, but crossing veins are present. Also tetrasporic.
On rock, low intertidal. Can’t see in photos, but veins present that don’t intersect.
On rock, mid-intertidal. Papillae present, strongly canaliculate. Gametophyte visible on right side, sporophyte crust present on left.
On rock, in tidepool. In a channel with high exposure.
On rock in tidepool. Area with moderate exposure.
On rock, low intertidal. Area with high exposure.
On boulder, upper intertidal. Patchy distribution.