A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA


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 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 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)

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

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)

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

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)

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 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)

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 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 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

Heybrook Bay Lichens (on rock) -  Heybrook Bay
All found on rocks just above high water mark.
Heybrook Bay, Plymouth Sound, Devon. 08.08.05 (Public Location) SX 495 487

1/ Yellow Lichen     image     close-up
2/ Orange Lichen     image
3/ Grey Lichen     image

St. Anchorites Rock Lichens -  St. Anchorites Rock
All found on rock outcrop, St. Anchorites Rock, South Devon Coast Path,
nr. Stoke Point, South Devon. 09.08.05 SX 591 472 (Public Location)

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Start Point Lichens - Start Point
All found on rocks, Start Point, Devon. 11.08.05 SX 828 371 (Public Location)

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Kitley Lichens
All found on twigs and tree trunks, Kitley, nr. Yealmpton, Devon.
05.02.06 SX 571 510 (Public Location)

Image One - Lichens on dead trunk     Image Two     Image Three     

Image Four - Parmotrema chinense ?    Image Five - Usnea sp. ?

Image Six - Ramalina farinacea ?

Crabtree Reclaim Lichens - Crabtree Reclaim
Found on rock embankment and trees in the area.
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 518 561

On limestone embankment (estuarine site, 30-90cm above high water mark)

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Image Five     Image Five (close-up)     Image Seven     Image Seven (close-up)

Image Eight     Image Eight (close-up)     

On trees

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Sheeps Tor Lichens, 12th February 2006 - Sheeps Tor
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
12.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686


On granite moorland

Image One     Image One close-up     Image Two     Image Three     Image Three close-up

Image Four     Image Five     Image Six     Image Seven     Image Eight     Image Eight close-up

On trees

Image Nine     Image Ten     Image Ten close-up     Image Eleven

Sheeps Tor Lichens, 14th February 2006 - Sheeps Tor
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
14.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686


On granite moorland

Image One     Image Two     Image Two close-up     Image Three

Sheeps Tor Lichens, 27th February 2006 - Sheeps Tor
Sheeps Tor, Sheepstor, nr. Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
27.02.06 (Public Location) SX 567 686


On granite moorland

Image One     Image One close-up     Image Two     Image Three     Image Three close-up

Image Four

Churchtown Farm Lichens - Churchtown Farm
Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall.
18.02.06 SX 417 572 (Public Location)

Estuarine site, on rocks above high water mark.

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Image Four     Image Four close-up     Image Five     Image Five close-up     Image Six   

Image Six close-up     Image Eleven     Image Eleven close-up     Image Twelve     

Image Twelve close-up      Image Thirteen     Image Thirteen close-up     Image Fourteen     

Image Fourteen close-up     Image Fifteen     Image Fifteen close-up

Par Lichens
Par Beach, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 26.03.06 SX 087 532 (Public Location)

All lichens on granite boulder next to stream near beach car park.

Image One     Image Two

Some lichens found at the above sites have yet to be identified, if you can help please E-mail

***    - Identifications by Alain Gérault
****  - Identifications by Bob Hodgson
***** - Identifications by Liz Moore

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.


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