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Calicium corynellum
(Lichen)
This species is commonly called a 'pin-head' lichen as the fruiting bodies (the structures that produce the lichen's spores) are...
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Caloplaca aractina
(Lichen)
Caloplaca aractina
is a 'crustose' lichen; one with a crusty-like appearance. The body of the lichen (its thallus) is an...
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Caloplaca luteoalba
(Orange-fruited elm-lichen)
Orange-fruited elm-lichen is called a 'crustose' lichen from its crust-like texture. Its main body is light grey, and the fruiting...
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Cladonia mediterranea
(Reindeer lichen)
This member of the
Cladonia
(reindeer lichen) genus is whitish-grey in colour and grows in low, bushy clumps. The familiar...
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Collema dichotomum
(River jelly lichen)
This curious species resembles seaweed more than the lichens that most of us are familiar with. It has a gelatinous appearance, is...
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