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A mature medusa ready to detach from the parent polyp.
Medusoids are free swimming and sexual, release sperm or eggs based on its sex, on fertilization of the released gonads a planula larva is produced which settles onto a substrate to grow into a sessile hydrozoan.

Disclaimer: This observation includes ALL the photographs I intended to take of this particular organism. That may NOT include images of the entire organism, all of its defining characteristics, or the general area in which it was found. I am already aware that this may reduce the likelihood of a species level identification.

Castle Rock State Park- Pseudotsuga menziesii, Arbutus menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus dominant mixed hardwood/conifer forest
Growing on dead Toxicodendron diversilobum vines
Extremely tiny eruptions of fungal material through the periderm. Immature fungus resembles a featureless orange glob, while mature expressions resemble bright red, spherical berries

This Giant Kelp was growing next to the dock, seemingly attached to the sandy seafloor 10 feet below. I photographed 73 organisms on the kelp's upper blades.

The following organisms were on its blades: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=33.713263692028875&nelng=-118.28296242233492&place_id=any&q=%22on%20Giant%20Kelp%22&subview=map&swlat=33.713221858326094&swlng=-118.2829946088431&user_id=kyle_eaton_photography&verifiable=any

Photo 7 was edited to have a Custom White Balance in Photoshop.

I have visited 10 distilleries where this fungus is rampant. Usually expresses as sooty staining on external walls, nearby trees, signposts and street furniture. It forms on structures up to 600 metres (downwind?) away from Distilleries and Bond Warehouses. It is known to cause unsightly staining on nearby modern dwellings.
It is granular and can be scraped from the surface and cultivated. Here we see examples on structures at the Blair Athol Distillery, as well as one or two from other locations..
3 Pictures showing the distinctive spore chains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudoinia_compniacensis

The first photo shows the mature receptacles of Channelled Wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata)
During my November investigation I came across the ascomycete fungus

Stigmidium ascophylli.

This is recorded in Northern Europe, sparsely in the USA under a different name and extensively in the UK (GBIF)
The accepted name here may be a synonym
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My sources for ID are -
•http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.p•hp?task=fiche&lichen=823&lang=en
https://www.outerhebridesfungi.co.uk/species.php?id=430