APHOTOFUNGI

An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of fungi;
mushrooms, toadstools, brackets, cups, plant diseases etc., found
in South-West England, especially Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Caloplaca ceracea - A Lichen (Lichen Family Teloschistaceae)
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Lichen
Caloplaca ceracea
- on rocky shore 1

Lichen
Caloplaca ceracea
- on rocky shore close-up 1

Found at estuarine site, on rocks above high water mark. Point Field, Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 18.02.06. SX417572.

Help with the identification of this species provided by Jenny Seawright at Irish Lichens

Caloplaca ceracea A Lichen The Lichen Image Gallery
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. The difference between species is rarely obvious, many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.