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Species in the class Ascomycetes

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Violet crown-cup (Sarcosphaera coronaria)
The violet crown-cup fungus produces striking, flask-shaped fruiting bodies. These are initially submerged in the soil and then br... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Boreal felt lichen (Erioderma pedicellatum)
Known as the “panda bear” of lichens because of its extreme rarity, the boreal felt lichen is a ‘leafy’ species that grows on the ... More	7 Images	0 Videos

Lichen (Lobaria sachalinensis)
This lichen has a lobed, leafy appearance; it is a dark greenish colour and may produce reddish fruiting bodies when fertile. ... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Dark purple earth tongue (Geoglossum atropurpureum)
Earth tongues are highly distinctive fungi; the ridged and leathery fruiting body above the stem does indeed resemble a tongue. In... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Sarcosoma spp. (Sarcosoma globosum)
Sarcosoma globosum is a fungus that produces large, cup-shaped fruiting bodies. These barrels are dark brown to black in colour; t... More	1 Image	0 Videos

King Alfred's cakes (Daldinia concentrica)
King Alfred's cakes, also known as 'cramp balls' is a hard, inedible ball-shaped fungus. The visible part of the fungus, the fruit... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Reindeer lichen (Cladonia mediterranea)
This member of the Cladonia (reindeer lichen) genus is whitish-grey in colour and grows in low, bushy clumps. The familiar common ... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Lichen (Teloschistes chrysopthalmus)
This lichen is a 'fruticose' or 'shrubby' species; it is composed of branching lobes that form small orange tufts, which are almos... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Scaly breck lichen (Squamarina lentigera)
This rare lichen is circular in shape, and white to pale grey-brown in colour... More	3 Images	0 Videos

New Forest parmelia (Parmelia minarum)
The New Forest parmelia is a 'foliose' lichen, this means that it has a leaf-like structure, comprising of thin lobes. The lobes a... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Ciliate strap-lichen (Heterodermia leucomela)
Ciliate strap-lichen has ribbon-like lobes that are ivory white in colour, with long black projections at the edges. The lobes are... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Churchyard lecanactis (Lecanactis hemisphaerica)
Churchyard lecanactis is a rare lichen that grows in crust-like formations. The name of the genus Lecanactis means 'shining small ... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Francis' lichen (Zamenhofia rosei)
Francis' lichen is a yellowish-green scattered crust, and the fruits are orange-brown but have never been recorded in Britain. The... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Lichen (Opegrapha paraxanthodes)
This lichen grows in a crust-like fashion; the thallus is thin and pale greenish-yellow in colour with a cracked surface. The Lati... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Lichen (Bacidia incompta)
The lichen Bacidia incompta does not have a common name. The Generic part of the scientific name, Bacidia means 'rod-shaped' and r... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Lichen (Calicium corynellum)
This species is commonly called a 'pin-head' lichen as the fruiting bodies (the structures that produce the lichen's spores) are s... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Scrambled-egg lichen (Fulgensia fulgens)
As the common name suggests, scrambled-egg lichen has a thin, crust-like egg-yellow thallus (body), which consists of smaller rose... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Starry breck-lichen (Buellia asterella)
This particular lichen grows on chalky soil, forming small white rosettes with small black discs about 0.5 millimetres across on t... More	1 Image	0 Videos

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