Lichens

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Lichens are Matrixed and Classified as follows
 


Xanthoria


Cladonia

 
Rhizocarpon petraeum
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

Classification Of lichens

Crustose lichens (crusts)

Crustose - stalked/pin lichens (crusts with small pin-head fruits)

Crustose - leprose lichens (powdery crusts)

Squamulose lichens (flakey)

Foliose lichens (leafy)

Fruiticose lichens (shrubby)

Useful Links

British Lichen Society

British Lichens