A walk in the woods

Journal photographer Shawna Whelan took a hike through Hood Canal State Forest earlier this year and captured a few images. Red belted conks (Fomitopsis mounceae) grow on a Douglas fir in Hood Canal State Forest.

Bearded lichen, or Usnea longissima, hangs from a tree branch.

Hypogymnia, or tube lichen on a stick.