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
Verrucaria maura - Black Tar Lichen (Lichen Family Verrucariaceae)
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Lichen
Verrucaria maura
- on granite / splash zone 1

Lichen
Verrucaria maura
- on granite / splash zone 2

Lichen
Verrucaria maura
- on granite / splash zone 3

Lichen
Verrucaria maura
- on granite / splash zone 4

Lichen
Verrucaria maura
- habitat / background and foreground 1

Lichen
Verrucaria maura
- on coastal rock 1

Black Tar
Verrucaria maura
- in estuary 1

Species is synonymous with Hydropuntaria maura.

On limestone embankment (estuarine site, 30-90cm above high water mark), Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 06.02.06 SX 518 561; and also just above mean high water mark at Porth Nanven, Cot Valley near St. Just, Penwith; and at Marazion, Cornwall.

Verrucaria maura synonym Hydropuntaria maura Black Tar Lichen The Lichen Image Gallery
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. The difference between species is rarely obvious, many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.