Monday, April 17, 2023

Balcombe. Lichens. 14.04.23

I visited Walk Wood and St Mary's Churchyard in Balcombe with a friend who is an expert lichenologist. All of these identifications were made with her expert knowledge. 


Walk Wood

Candelaria concolor 



Dendrographa decolorans (Schismatomma decolorans



Lecanora chlarotera / L. hybocarpa 




 Lecanora compallans 



Lecidella elaeochroma, variant: soralifera




Melanohalea elegantula




Normandina pulchella 



Parmelina pastillifera




Physcia adscendens, Candelaria concolor, Melanohalea lasinatula and Puntelia subrudecta



Punctelia subrudecta



Xanthoria parientina and Punctelia subrudecta 



St Mary's Churchyard

Buellia aethale / ocellata 





Circinaria contorta (lichen) and Grimmia pulvinata (moss)



Circinaria contorta




Chest tombe with Cladonia sp.



Possinly Cladonia humilis



Cladonia sp and Grimmia pulvinata 




Cladonia sp. (lichen) and Campylopus introflexis (moss)





Cladonia sp.




Lecanora dispersa



 Lecanora sulphurea 





Probablt Lepraria incana and Porpidia tuberculosa 






Probably Lepraria vouauxii 




Porpidia tuberculosa 





Toninia aromatica






Hypotrachyna revoluta 




Lecaonora complellans 



 Lecaonora complellans 



Balcombe. Lichens. 14.04.23

I visited Walk Wood and St Mary's Churchyard in Balcombe with a friend who is an expert lichenologist. All of these identifications were...