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Earlham Cemetery

Friends of Earlham Cemetery

Walk

Looking for Lichens

with

Rob Yaxley

The Norfolk Lichen Recorder


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? surrounded by the Algae Trentepohlia

The ? remains on this one.

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2

Very heavily mollusc grazed so impossible to identify.

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3

Verrucaria nigrescens (Left) & possibly Verrucaria macrostoma (Right)

Confirmed

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4

Lecanora campestris

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5

Toninia aromatica

When seen earlier in the day the hint of green was more obvious than the image shows.

From

Dorset Nature

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6

Psilolechia lucida

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Hammered Shield Lichen (Parmelia sulcata)

British Lichen Society

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Salted Shield Lichen or Crottle (Parmelia saxatilis)

The lower image clearly shows the Isidia (Vegatative structure that contains algal cells and fungal hyphae.) Some detach to form new thallus

The difference between Isidia and Soredia from Plant 4U

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British Lichen Society

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Porpidia tubercolosa (above) & Candelarella vitalina (below)

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A question mark remains?

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European Larch (Larix decidua)

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Leptogium Sp

Probably Leptogium gelatinosa

So reminiscent of seaweed.

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Collema auriforme

British Lichen Society

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Leptogium turgidum

Three Species of fantastical Jelly Lichen

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14

Protoblastenia rupestris

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Another question mark?

An interesting series of Blog Posts from Reading University to begin to get to grips with Lichen

The Lichen Symbiosis Part 1

The Lichen Symbiosis Part 2

The Lichen Symbiosis Part 3

The Lichen Symbiosis Part 4

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Oak Toothcrust (Ramulomyces molaris)

Found by Sam and confirmed by James and Neil on the NFSG Facebook page.

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Slime Mold Sp Comatricha nigra

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Rosellinia aquila

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Hemisphaeric Liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica)

Grateful thanks to the Norfolk Lichen Recorder

Rob Yaxley

for

a

fascinating

morning.

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