Earlham Cemetery
Friends of Earlham Cemetery
Walk
Looking for Lichens
with
Rob Yaxley
The Norfolk Lichen Recorder
1
? surrounded by the Algae Trentepohlia
The ? remains on this one.
2
Very heavily mollusc grazed so impossible to identify.
3
Verrucaria nigrescens (Left) & possibly Verrucaria macrostoma (Right)
Confirmed
4
Lecanora campestris
5
Toninia aromatica
When seen earlier in the day the hint of green was more obvious than the image shows.
From
Dorset Nature
6
Psilolechia lucida
7
Hammered Shield Lichen (Parmelia sulcata)
British Lichen Society
8
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
British Lichen Society
9
Porpidia tubercolosa (above) & Candelarella vitalina (below)
10
A question mark remains?
European Larch (Larix decidua)
11
Leptogium Sp
Probably Leptogium gelatinosa
So reminiscent of seaweed.
12
Collema auriforme
British Lichen Society
13
Leptogium turgidum
Three Species of fantastical Jelly Lichen
14
Protoblastenia rupestris
15
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
Oak Toothcrust (Ramulomyces molaris)
Found by Sam and confirmed by James and Neil on the NFSG Facebook page.
Slime Mold Sp Comatricha nigra
Rosellinia aquila
Hemisphaeric Liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica)
Grateful thanks to the Norfolk Lichen Recorder
Rob Yaxley
for
a
fascinating
morning.