Valldemossa

Hypericum balearicum is a species endemic to the Balearic Islands and is in the Guttiferae. I saw it all over the place on this hike but this one was the only one I saw flowering because they typically flower between March and July.  

The flower of Hypericum balearicum.

This is madroño (Arbutus unedo) and I saw two large, almost tree-like, specimens on this hike around Valldemossa. 

The fruit of the madroño. It was quite sweet but a little granular like a pear. 

Juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) was quite common and very bushy. This one was the only male plant that I saw. 

Moss = musgo in Spanish. 

What a cute little Cladonia lichen!

Check out the apothecia on this bad boy!

Puffball or primordia?

Ephedra fragilis

Ephedra in its natural habitat. 

Tiny!

Tinier!

This was more than just mold, it was definitely some kind of dense fungus in a non-mushroom form, probably an Ascomycete.  It was growing on fallen leaves, dirt and rocks. 

Some very slimy Basidios.  

Russula?

Check out those lamellae!

This fruticose lichen has very spiky apothecia. 

Now is the time for mushrooms with all the rainfall we have been getting. 

Some decomposing mushrooms. 

Mushrooms pre-decomposition. 

Some puffball mushrooms. 

The water droplets on the spore mass inside the puffball look so cool!

Checking out an aeroid species with beautiful leaves.  

These white mushrooms were all over the place. 

Can't wait to see what flowers these beautiful leaves come up with. 

A tiny little wood-rotter. 

The dried up inflorescence of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare).