Here are some lichens I found on rocks at the summit of Wrynose Pass on 5 Sept 2014
N.B. I am only a beginner and am still waiting for some of these lichens to be checked. Comments welcome.
For scale, my finger nail is just over 1cm wide.. c.11mm
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| Baeomyces rufus - the scale has 1 mm units |
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| Porpidia cinereoatra |
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| Porpidia macrocarpa |
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| Porpidai macrocarpa or Toninia???? |
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| Porpidia tuberosa |
The next one is tiny -
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| Pilophorus strumatica - means Carrying a ball or ball bearing. The black globe-shaped reproductive body is on a tiny stalk |
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| Pilophorus strumatica seen closer |
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| Pilophorus strumatica You can see how tiny they are, when you comapre the size of the black balls on the stalks (well not yet grown fully into balls) with the size of the moss. |
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| Lecanora soralifera |
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| On top of this boulder (bird perch position) is this yellow lichen: |
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| Candelariella coralliza (From Dobson 2005) This is similar to C vitellina but has a thick aereolate thallus with deep cracking and more rounded even-sized and compacted granules.. Habitat: uncommon on acid rocks that form well-lit, often isolated bird perching sites) |
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| Also on this rock was Parmeilia saxatilis |
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| And Lasallia pustulata - Rock tripe |
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| Lasallia pustulata - Rock tripe |
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| Some of the rock had the filamentous alga Klebsormidium crenulatum |
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| Tremolechia atrata |
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| Tremolechia atrata |
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| Stereocaulon vesuvianum var nodulosum |
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| Pertusaria corallina |
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| Pseudevernia fufuracea |
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| Pseudevernia fufuracea |
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| Tephromela atra |
The lichens below still require some thought.
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| Miriquidica leucophaea |
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| Miriquidica leucophaea |
Thanks to members of the British Lichen Society who introduced me to me many of these species in the south Lake district in the previous few days.
