Wyre Forest Study Group – Biological Records

Species List: Lichens of Wyre

Species Count: 237

Date Compiled: April 2018 – by Trevor Duke

Latin Name		Status
Acarospora fuscata	Lichen	Common, often abundant
Acarospora impressula	Lichen	Rare. Under recorded?
Amandinea punctata	Lichen	Under recorded
Anisomeridium polypori	Lichen	Under recorded? Rare.
Arthonia radiata	Lichen	Widespread. Common
Arthonia spadicea	Lichen	Occasional to locally abundant
Arthopyrenia punctiformis	Lichen	Under recorded
Aspicilia caesiocinerea	Lichen	Common
Aspicilia calcarea	Lichen	Common
Aspicilia cinerea s. lat.	Lichen
Aspicilia contorta subsp contorta	Lichen	Common
Baeomyces rufus	Lichen	Common
Bacidia phacodes	Lichen	Rare
Bilimbia sabuletorum	Lichen	Occasional
Botryolepraria lesdainii	Lichen	Rare
Buellia aethalea	Lichen	Common
Buellia ocellata	Lichen	Occasional
Buellia griseovirens	Lichen	Under recorded
Calicium viride	Lichen	Rare
Caloplaca arcis	Lichen	Under recorded
Caloplaca aurantia	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca austrocitrina	Lichen	Under recorded
Caloplaca cerinella	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca crenularia	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca chrysodeta	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca crenulatella	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca dalmatica	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca decipiens	Lichen	Rare
Caloplaca dichroa	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca flavescens	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca flavocitrina	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca holocarpa s.str	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca limonia	Lichen	Under recorded
Caloplaca oasis	Lichen	Common
Caloplaca saxicola	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca teicholyta	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca variabilis	Lichen	Occasional
Caloplaca xantholyta	Lichen	Occasional
Candelaria concolor	Lichen
Candelariella aurella f aurella	Lichen	Abundant
Candelariella medians f medians	Lichen	Occasional
Candelariella reflexa	Lichen	Common
Candelariella vitellina f flavovirella	Lichen	Rare
Candelariella vitellina f vitellina	Lichen	Common
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia	Lichen	Frequent
Cetraria aculeata	Lichen	Rare
Chaenotheca ferruginea	Lichen	Common
Chaenotheca furfuracea	Lichen	One record. Probably under recorded.
Chrysothrix candelaris	Lichen	Rare
Cladonia caespiticia	Lichen	Occasional and locally frequent.
Cladonia cervicornis ssp cervicornis	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia cervicornis ssp verticillata	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia chlorophaea s. str	Lichen	Common
Cladonia coniocraea	Lichen	Common
Cladonia digitata	Lichen	Occasional
Cladonia diversa	Lichen	Abundant on sandstone bluff.
Cladonia fimbriata	Lichen	Common
Cladonia floerkeana	Lichen	Common
Cladonia furcata	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia glauca	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia humilis	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia macilenta	Lichen	Common
Cladonia parasitica	Lichen	Occasional
Cladonia polydactyla var polydactyla	Lichen	Common
Cladonia portentosa	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia pyxidata	Lichen	Occasional
Cladonia ramulosa	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia rangiformis	Lichen	Locally abundant. Recorded on one site.
Cladonia squamosa var squamosa	Lichen	Common
Cladonia subulata	Lichen	Recorded on one site.
Cliostomum griffithii	Lichen	Locally abundant.
Collema cristatum var cristatum	Lichen	Under recorded
Collema tenax var tenax	Lichen	Under recorded
Collema tenax var ceranoides	Lichen	Under recorded.
Cresponea premnea	Lichen	Rare. NIEC Old woodland indicator
Dibaeis baeomyces	Lichen	Widespread. Local.
Dimerella pineti	Lichen	Common but often overlooked.
Diploicia canescens	Lichen	Common
Diploschistes scruposus	Lichen	Common
Diplotomma alboatrum	Lichen	Local
Enterographa crassa	Lichen	Local. Rare.
Evernia prunastri	Lichen	Common
Flavoparmelia caperata	Lichen	Frequent
Flavoparmelia soredians	Lichen	Rare. One record.
Fuscidea lightfootii	Lichen	Occasional
Graphis elegans	Lichen	Occasional to locally frequent
Graphis scripta	Lichen	Occasional to locally abundant
Haematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucum	Lichen	Occasional
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium	Lichen	Occasional
Hypocenomyce scalaris	Lichen	Occasional
Hypogymnia physodes	Lichen	Common
Hypogymnia tubulosa	Lichen	Common
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta	Lichen	Occasional
Hypotrachyna revoluta s. str	Lichen	Common
Jamesiella anastamosans	Lichen	Rare. Under recorded?
Lecanactis abietina	Lichen	Common
Lecania cyrtella	Lichen	Common
Lecania erysibe s. str.	Lichen	Common
Lecania inundata	Lichen	Under recorded
Lecanora albescens	Lichen	Abundant
Lecanora antiqua	Lichen	Occasional
Lecanora campestris ssp campestris	Lichen	Common
Lecanora carpinea	Lichen	Under recorded
Lecanora chlarotera	Lichen	Abundant
Lecanora conizaeoides f conizaeoides	Lichen	Formerly abundant. Now scarce.
Lecanora crenulata	Lichen	Common
Lecanora dispersa	Lichen	Abundant
Lecanora expallens	Lichen	Abundant
Lecanora gangaleoides	Lichen	Occasional
Lecanora intricata	Lichen	Occasional
Lecanora muralis	Lichen	Common
Lecanora orosphea	Lichen
Lecanora pannonica	Lichen	Occasional
Lecanora polytropa	Lichen	Common
Lecanora pulicaris	Lichen	Under recorded
Lecanora saligna	Lichen	Under recorded
Lecanora soralifera	Lichen	Common
Lecanora stenotropa	Lichen	Common
Lecanora sulphurea	Lichen	Common
Lecanora symmicta	Lichen	Common
Lecidea grisella	Lichen
Lecidella anomaloides	Lichen	One historic record. Under recorded.
Lecidella elaeochroma f elaeochroma	Lichen	Abundant
Lecidella elaeochroma f soralifera	Lichen	Common
Lecidella scabra	Lichen	Abundant
Lecidella stigmatea	Lichen	Common
Lepraria caesioalba	Lichen
Lepraria finkii	Lichen	Common
Lepraria incana s.lat	Lichen	Common
Lepraria vouauxii	Lichen	Frequent
Melanelixia fuliginosa	Lichen	Common
Melanelixia glabratula	Lichen	Common
Melanelixia subaurifera	Lichen	Abundant
Melanohalea exasperata	Lichen	Rare
Micarea botryoides	Lichen	One record. Under recorded
Micarea denigrata	Lichen	Common
Micarea prasina	Lichen	Under recorded
Myriospora rufescens	Lichen	Occasional
Myriospora smaragdula	Lichen	Occasional. Under recorded.
Ochrolechia androgyna	Lichen	Rare
Ochrolechia parella	Lichen	Frequent
Ochrolechia turneri s. lat.	Lichen	Under recorded
Opegrapha atra	Lichen	Occasional
Opegrapha calcarea	Lichen	One record
Opegrapha gyrocarpa	Lichen	Under recorded
Opegrapha varia	Lichen	Common
Opegrapha vermicellifera	Lichen	Local. Occasional.
Opegrapha vulgata	Lichen	Common
Opegrapha zonata	Lichen	Under recorded
Pachyphiale carneola	Lichen	Rare. Seen on one tree.
Parmelia saxatilis	Lichen	Common
Parmelia sulcata	Lichen	Abundant
Parmeliopsis ambigua	Lichen
Parmotrema perlatum	Lichen	Abundant
Parmotrema reticulatum	Lichen	Rare
Peltigera hymenina	Lichen	Occasional
Peltigera membranacea	Lichen	Occasional
Pertusaria albescens var albescens	Lichen	Occasional
Pertusaria albescens var corallina	Lichen	Frequent
Pertusaria amara	Lichen	Frequent in churchyards, occasional elsewhere.
Pertusaria coccodes	Lichen	Under recorded.
Pertusaria coronata.	Lichen	Under recorded.
Pertusaria flavicans	Lichen	Occasional
Pertusaria lactescens	Lichen	Common
Pertusaria leioplaca	Lichen	Rare
Pertusaria pertusa	Lichen	Rare
Pertusaria pseudocorallina	Lichen	Common
Phaeographis dendritica	Lichen	Rare, but possibly under recorded.
Phaeophyscia orbicularis	Lichen	Common
Phlyctis argena	Lichen	Occasional
Physcia adscendens	Lichen	Common
Physcia aipolia	Lichen	Occasional
Physcia caesia	Lichen	Common
Physcia dubia	Lichen	Occasional
Physcia tenella	Lichen	Abundant
Physcia tribacioides	Lichen	Occasional
Physconia grisea	Lichen	Common
Placopyrenium fuscellum	Lichen	Frequent
Placynthiella icmalea	Lichen	Common
Placynthiella oligotropha	Lichen	Recorded from one site only.
Placynthiella uliginosa	Lichen	Common
Platismatia glauca	Lichen	Occasional
Polysporina simplex	Lichen	Frequent
Porina aenea	Lichen	Occasional
Porina chlorotica	Lichen	Occasional
Porpidia cinereoatra	Lichen	Occasional
Porpidia crustulata	Lichen	Common
Porpidia macrocarpa f. macrocarpa	Lichen	Under recorded
Porpidia soredizodes	Lichen	Common
Porpidia speirea	Lichen	One locality known.
Porpidia tuberculosa	Lichen	Common
Protoblastenia rupestris	Lichen	Common
Psilolechia lucida	Lichen	Common
Psoroglaena stigonemoides	Lichen	Under recorded. Common
Punctelia jeckeri	Lichen	Frequent
Punctelia subrudecta	Lichen	Frequent
Pyrrhospora quernea	Lichen	Occasional
Ramalina farinacea	Lichen	Common
Ramalina fastigiata	Lichen	Occasional
Rhizocarpon petraeum	Lichen	Occasional
Rhizocarpon reductum	Lichen	Very Common
Rinodina oleae	Lichen	Common
Sarcogyne regularis	Lichen	Single record
Schismatomma decolorans	Lichen	Not recorded recently.
Scoliciosporum chlorococcum	Lichen	Common, overlooked.
Scoliciosporum umbrinum	Lichen	Common
Stereocaulon nanodes	Lichen	Locally abundant
Stereocaulon pileatum	Lichen	Locally abundant
Tephromela atra var. atra	Lichen	Frequent
Tephromela grumosa	Lichen	Occasional
Thelotrema lepadinum	Lichen	Rare to locally frequent.
Toninia aromatica	Lichen	Occasional
Trapelia coarctata	Lichen	Common
Trapelia glebulosa	Lichen	Common
Trapelia placodioides	Lichen	Occasional
Trapeliopsis flexuosa	Lichen	Common
Trapeliopsis granulosa	Lichen	Occasional
Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa	Lichen	Occasional
Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla	Lichen	One record from old meadow.
Usnea cornuta	Lichen	Occasional
Usnea subfloridana	Lichen	Occasional
Verrucaria dufourii	Lichen	Under recorded
Verrucaria hochsteteri	Lichen	Common
Verrucaria macrostoma f macrostoma	Lichen	Abundant
Verrucaria muralis	Lichen	Common
Verrucaria nigrescens	Lichen	Abundant
Verrucaria viridula	Lichen	Common
Xanthoparmelia conspersa	Lichen	Common
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii	Lichen	Common
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera	Lichen	Common
Xanthoria calcicola	Lichen	Occasional
Xanthoria parietina	Lichen	Common and abundant
Xanthoria polycarpa	Lichen	Frequent
Xanthoria ucrainica	Lichen	Frequent
Athelia arachnoidea	Lichen and Lichenicolous fungi
Erythricium aurantiacum	Lichen and Lichenicolous fungi
Marchandiomyces corallinus	Lichen and Lichenicolous fungi