A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Lichens

Lichens marked on this page have been identified
by the following people -

***    - Identifications by Alain Gérault
****  - Identifications by Bob Hodgson
***** - Identifications by Liz Moore
*JS  - Identifications by Jenny Seawright of Irish Lichens

Anaptychia runcinata     close-up     ***
On rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm
Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Caloplaca ceracea     close-up     *JS
Estuarine site, on rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Caloplaca crenularia     close-up
Bolberry Down, nr. Salcombe, Devon. 10.06.07 (Public Location)

Cladonia firma
Bolberry Down, nr. Salcombe, Devon. 10.06.07 (Public Location)

Cladonia gracilis     *JS
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
27.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686

Cladonia pyxidata     close-up
Pizwell, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. 02.07.06 (Public Footpath)

Cladonia portentosa     close-up     ***1
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 09.09.05 SX 517 563

Cladonia portentosa     close-up     ***1
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 517 563

Diploicia canescens     close-up     ***
On rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature
Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Evernia prunastri     *JS
On twigs and tree trunks, Kitley, nr. Yealmpton, Devon. 05.02.06 SX 571 510
(Public Location)

Flavoparmelia caperata     *JS
On twigs and tree trunks, Kitley, nr. Yealmpton, Devon. 05.02.06 SX 571 510
(Public Location)

Flavoparmelia caperata     *JS
On rock. All found on rocks, Start Point, Devon. 11.08.05 SX 828 371 (Public Location)

Fulgensia fulgens - Scrambled-egg Lichen
Penhale Sands, nr, Perranporth, Cornwall. 28.04.06 (Public Location) SW 776 561

Hyperphyscia adglutinata     *JS
On granite boulder next to stream near beach car park. Par Beach, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 26.03.06 SX 087 532 (Public Location)

Ochrolechia parella - Parelle ?     close-up
On rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature
Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Opegrapha gyrocarpa     close-up     ****
On granite wall. Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
19.07.06 (Private Location)

Parmelia saxatilis     *JS
On granite. Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park,
Devon. 12.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686

Parmeliopsis ambigua ?     ***
On a stump, in the wood, Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Plymouth. 08.07.04.
SX 447 608 (Public Location)

Parmotrema perlatum syn. Parmotrema chinense     *JS
On twigs and tree trunks, Kitley, nr. Yealmpton, Devon. 05.02.06 SX 571 510
(Public Location)

Parmotrema perlatum     *JS
On rock with Anaptychia runcinata (brown) and right Parmelia saxatilis.
Start Point, Devon. 11.08.05 SX 828 371 (Public Location)

Parmotrema perlatum ?    close-up     *JS
On granite. Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park,
Devon. 12.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686
 
Peltigera hymenina     close-up     habitat     ***
On wall. Shaugh Bridge (NT), nr. Plymouth. Devon.
19.09.04 SX 533 637 (Public Location)

Pertusaria lactea ?     ***
On a rock, estuarine, River Tamar, Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Plymouth.
08.07.04. SX 447 608 (Public Location)

Pertusaria pseudocorallina     close-up     ****
On granite wall. Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
19.07.06 (Private Location)

Physcia adscendens     close-up     ***
On rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature
Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Physcia sp.     close-up     *JS
On limestone embankment (estuarine site, 30-90cm above high water mark).
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 518 561

Porpidia tuberculosa     close-up     ****
On granite wall. Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
19.07.06 (Private Location)

Ramalina farinacea     ***
On a tree, Antony Passage, nr. Saltash, Cornwall.
30.06.04. SX 411 572 (Public Location)

Ramalina fastigiata     *JS
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 518 561

Ramalina siliquosa - Sea Ivory (1)     ***
On rock by the sea, near Cremyll, Cornwall. 30.05.04. SX 449 534 (Public Location)
Also in image Verrucaria cf. maura (black) and Caloplaca sp. (yellow).

Ramalina siliquosa - Sea Ivory (2)     close-up     ***
On rocks just above high water mark. Heybrook Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon.
08.08.05 (Public Location) SX 495 487

Sarcogyne privigna     close-up     ****
On granite wall. Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
19.07.06 (Private Location)

Solenopsora holophaea     close-up     *JS
Estuarine site, on rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Sphaerophorus globosus ?     *JS
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
12.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686

Stereocaulon sp.     *JS
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
12.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686

Teloschistes flavicans - Golden Hair Lichen     close-up
Bolberry Down, nr. Salcombe, Devon. 10.06.07 (Public Location)

Tephromela atra     close-up     ***2
On rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature
Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Usnea articulata     close-up     *JS
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
12.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686

Usnea esperantiana     close-up     *JS
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 518 561

Usnea sp.     ***
On a tree, Plym Bridge (North) NT, Plymouth. 22.11.04. (Public Location)

Verrucaria maura - Black Tar Lichen     *****
On limestone embankment (estuarine site, 30-90cm above high water mark).     
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 518 561

Xanthoparmelia conspersa or possibly (X. c. ssp. conspersa)     ***
Par Beach, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 26.03.06 SX 087 532 (Public Location)

Xanthoria aureola syn. Xanthoria ectaneoides     close-up     *JS
Estuarine site, on rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Xanthoria parietina - Common Orange Lichen (1)     ***
On twigs and tree trunks. Kitley, nr. Yealmpton, Devon.
05.02.06 SX 571 510 (Public Location)

Xanthoria parietina - Common Orange Lichen (2)     close-up     ***
On rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature
Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Xanthoria parietina var. ectanoides     ***
On a rock, estuarine, River Tamer, Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Plymouth.
08.07.04. (Public Location) SX 447 608

Notes
1 - It is very difficult to identify Cladonia portentosa without chemical tests
(Cladonia ciliata and Cladonia arbuscula are alike). Alain Gérault.

2 - Tephromela atra resembling Lecanora gangaleoides (it is very difficult to separate the two species withouta UV exam. Alain Gérault.