Monday, 2 December 2019

Kinghorn coast, 1st December

A collection of coastal rock species

Lecanora rupicola

Lecanora rupicola

Tephromela atra

unknown

Caloplaca thallincola

Parmelia saxatilis

Caloplaca saxicola

Hydropunctia (ex. Verrucaria) maura

Verrucaria mucosa
Caloplaca flavoctrina on limestone
C.crenularia with Muellerella ventosicola perithecia
Verrucaria fusconigrescens

Verrucaria fusconigrescens

Monday, 18 November 2019

Immature Ramalina fastigiata

Two examples from Cullaloe and the Pentland Hills

Cullaloe LNR

Pentland Hills

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Torduff Hill photoset, some labelled, some not so much

Torduff Hill

Ochroloechia?

Rhizocarpon reductum

R.reductum again

Lecanora polytropa

Hypogymnium physodes

Parmelia saxatilis

Unidentified "porridge" lichen

Parmelioid sp.

Xanthoparmelia conspersa

Xanthoparmelia conspersa (K+y)

Cetraria islandica

Lecanora soralifera

Bryoria fuscescens

Cladonia cervicornis

Cladonia floerkiana

Melano ... something

Crags

Cladonia sp.

X.parietina and small friends

Candelaria coralliza

Diurnea

putative Parmelia omphaloides

Lecanora carpinea

Physcia aipolia

Ramalina fraxinea

Ramalina fastigiata

Acarospora fuscata

Xanthoria ucrainica

Platismatia glauca

Parmelia discorands

Umbilicaria polyphylla

Fuscidea lightfootii on heather

Monday, 11 November 2019

Torduff Hill, Pentlands (not Fife) - Parmelia discordans

I'll return to Fife shortly, but this amazing thing showed up on Torduff Hill on the rocks between the dog walkers and mountain bikers. An amazing dark petrol-blue colour with edges clearly ready to ping off and clone itself somewhere else.