APHOTOFUNGI

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of fungi;
mushrooms, toadstools, brackets, cups, plant diseases etc., found
in South-West England, especially Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Lichina pygmaea - Black Lichen (Lichen Family Lichinaceae)
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Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- on rocks at Tavis Vor 1

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- on rocks at Tavis Vor 2

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- on rock close to high water 1

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- on rock close to high water 2

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- on rock close to high water 3

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- on rock close to high water 4

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- close-up 1

Black Lichen
Lichina pygmaea
- close-up 2

Images taken at several places across Cornwall, these include Tavis Vor near Mousehole and at rocks south of Charlestown near St. Austell.

Lichina pygmaea is a lichen that is commonly seen on rocky shores below the high tide mark. A similar looking lichen is Lichina confinis, which is smaller and only grows above the high water mark.

Lichina pygmaea Black Lichen
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