Rhizocarpon geographicum
A distinctive, but variable, yellow-green to bright yellow crust forming lichen, that cracks into angular sections and has flat, black apothecia.
On exposed, base poor rocks.
All year round
Widespread and fairly frequent, especially in the north and west.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
08 March 2015
Graham Calow
Bradgate Park
15 June 2014
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
08 March 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Rhizocarpales
- Family:
- Rhizocarpaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 50
- First record:
- 19/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/12/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
15 February 2013
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
15 February 2014
David Nicholls
The Brand, Woodhouse
15 June 2013
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
15 February 2014
David Nicholls
Aylestone Meadows
26 February 2012
David Nicholls
Altar Stones
29 September 2012
