Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Lichens on beach pebbles
There are at least four species of lichens on these beach pebbles. I think that the bright yellow one is Xanthoria parietina and the one with large flat grey lobes is Physcia adscendens. The thin-lobed one on the right has long hair-like structures and is probably Parmelia sulcata. There is also a white crusty one and a black crusty one, both of which are beyond my identification skills. These were on Pagham beach, in an area that was once the mouth of Pagham harbour, but is now a long way from the shore and the harbour mouth which has now migrated far to the east. They have therefore had a long time to get established in this tough habitat.
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