Tuesday 29 October 2019

Lomonds reservoirs, 26.x.2019

A few hours on a (mostly) sunny afternoon in the Lomonds

A long dry stone wall with more than enough to keep busy for a while


A few specimens


Tephromela atra


Pertusaria corallina

Shady side

Where it was doing very well
Stereocaulon dactophyllum
Stereocaulon veuvianum

Thursday 24 October 2019

Lecanora carpinea

This was a welcome find at Cullaloe LNR on Aspen. NBN maps show the species as almost ubiquitous but much of Fife lacks squares for "ubiquitous" species for want of surveying (presumably? hopefully?)


Other species present on the chopped-off branch of Populus were L.chlarotera, L.symmicta, Ledicella elaeochroma, Xanthoria parietina, and Opegrapha atra on the trunk.

These seem to represent the Lecanorion subfuscae alliance of well lit branches and twigs. The coverage of the branch was heavily dominated by L.chlarotera