Biodiversity on the Dundreggan Estate

Lichens recorded on Dundreggan

This list has been compiled by Trees for Life, from the species recorded by Joe Hope and John Douglas during surveys of Dundreggan Estate in 2007 and 2009 respectively, and those recorded by Ben and Alison Averis in 2007. A few species have been added by Trees for Life staff. The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus.

Lichens recorded on Dundreggan

  
Abrothallus parmeliarum  
Acarospora fuscata
Acrocordia gemmata
Agyrium rufum
Alectoria nigricans
Allantoparmelia alpicola
Amandinea punctata
Amygdalaria pelobotryon
Anisomeridium biforme
Arthonia arthonioides
Arthonia didyma
Arthonia leucopellaea
Arthonia punctiformis
Arthonia radiata
Arthonia vinosa
Arthophacopsis parmeliarum
Arthopyrenia analepta 
Arthopyrenia cerasi
Arthopyrenia fraxini
Arthopyrenia punctiformis
Arthrorhaphis citrinella
Aspicilia caesiocinerea
Aspicilia grisea
 
Bacidia absistens
Bacidia arceutina
Bacidia caesiovirens
Baeomyces rufus
Biatora epixanthoides
Biatora sphaeroides
Biatora vernalis
Bryoria capillaris
Bryoria fuscescens A horsehair lichen
Buellia aethalea
Buellia disciformis
Buellia erubescens
Buellia griseovirens
Buellia schaereri
 
Calicium glaucellum
Calicium viride
Caloplaca asserigena
Caloplaca cerina var. cerina
Caloplaca cerinella
Caloplaca citrina s.lat.
Caloplaca crenularia
Caloplaca ferruginea
Calvitimela aglaea
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina
Catillaria contristans
Catillaria nigroclavata
Cetraria aculeata
Cetraria islandica Island moss
Cetraria islandica subsp. islandica
Cetraria muricata
Cetraria sepincola
Chaenotheca brachypoda
Chaenotheca brunneola
Chaenotheca chrysocephala
Chaenotheca ferruginea
Chaenotheca trichialis
Chaenothecopsis sp. D
Chaenothecopsis vainioana
Chrysothrix candelaris
Chrysothrix flavovirens
Cladonia arbuscula A reindeer lichen
Cladonia arbuscula var. squarrosa
Cladonia bellidiflora
Cladonia carneola
Cladonia cervicornis subsp. verticillata
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.
Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis
Cladonia coniocraea
Cladonia crispata var. cetrariiformis
Cladonia digitata
Cladonia diversa
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia floerkeana
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia gracilis
Cladonia ochrochlora
Cladonia polydactyla var. polydactyla
Cladonia portentosa A reindeer lichen
Cladonia pyxidata
Cladonia ramulosa
Cladonia rangiferina A reindeer lichen
Cladonia squamosa
Cladonia strepsilis
Cladonia subcervicornis
Cladonia subulata
Cladonia sulphurina
Cladonia uncialis A reindeer lichen
Cladonia uncialis var. biuncialis
Cladonia zopfii
Clauzadea monticola
Cliostomum griffithii
Coelocaulon aculeatum
Collema glebulentum
Cornicularia normoerica
Cornutispora lichenicola
 
Dactylospora sp.
Degelia atlantica
Degelia plumbea
Dimerella pineti
Diploschistes scruposus
 
Ephebe lanata
Evernia prunastri Oakmoss lichen
 
Fuscidea cyathoides var. cyathoides
Fuscidea kochiana
Fuscidea lightfootii
Fuscidea lygaea
Fuscidea recensa
Fuscopannaria ignobilis
Fuscopannaria mediterranea
 
Graphis scripta
Gyalecta derivata
Gyalecta truncigena
 
Haematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucum
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium
Haematomma ventosum
Homostegia piggotii 
Hypogymnia physodes Monk's hood
Hypogymnia tubulosa
 
Icmadophila ericetorum
Immersaria athroocarpa
Ionaspis lacustris
 
Lecanactis abietina
Lecania naegelii
Lecanora albescens
Lecanora alboflavida
Lecanora caladonica
Lecanora carpinea
Lecanora chlarotera
Lecanora ecorticata
Lecanora expallens
Lecanora gangaleoides
Lecanora intricata
Lecanora jamesii
Lecanora orosthea
Lecanora persimilis
Lecanora polytropa
Lecanora pulicaris
Lecanora symmicta
Lecidea fuscoatra
Lecidea lithophila
Lecidea paupercula
Lecidea phaeops
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma
Lecidella stigmatea
Lecidia lithophila
Lecidoma demissum
Lepraria borealis
Lepraria caesioalba
Lepraria ecorticata
Lepraria lobificans
Lepraria membranacea
Lepraria rigidula
Leptogium lichenoides
Leptorhaphis atomaria
Lichenomphalia umbellifera Heath navel
Lobaria pulmonaria Lungwort
Lobaria scrobiculata
Lobaria virens
Lopadium disciforme
Loxospora elatina
 
Massalongia carnosa
Megalaria grossa
Megalaria pulverea
Melanelia exasperata
Melanelia fuliginosa var. glabratula
Melanelia hepatizon
Melanelia laciniatula
Melanelia subaurifera
Melanelixia fuliginosa subsp. fuliginosa
Melanelixia fuliginosa subsp. glabratula
Melanelixia subaurifera
Melanohalea exasperata
Micarea alabastrites
Micarea cinerea f. cinerea
Micarea coppinsii
Micarea leprosula
Micarea lignaria var. lignaria
Micarea melaena
Micarea peliocarpa
Micarea prasina s. lat.
Micarea subnigrata
Micarea ternaria
Miriquidica leucophaea
Miriquidica nigroleprosa
Monodictys cellulosa
Mycobilimbia epixanthoides
Mycobilimbia pilularis
Mycoblastus caesius
Mycoblastus fucatus
Mycoblastus sanguinarius f. sanguinarius
Mycoglaena myricae 
Mycomicrothelia confusa
Mycomicrothelia sp.
 
Nephroma laevigatum
Nephroma parile
Normandina acroglypta
Normandina pulchella
 
Ochrolechia androgyna
Ochrolechia frigida
Ochrolechia inaequatula
Ochrolechia microstictoides  
Ochrolechia szatalaensis  
Ochrolechia tartarea Cudbear
Opegrapha atra  
Opegrapha gyrocarpa  
Opegrapha herbarum  
Opegrapha ochrocheila  
Opegrapha sorediifera  
Opegrapha vulgata  
Opegrapha zonata  
Ophioparma ventosa  
   
Pannaria conoplea  
Pannaria rubiginosa  
Parmelia discordans  
Parmelia omphalodes  
Parmelia saxatilis  
Parmelia sulcata  
Parmeliella parvula  
Parmeliella triptophylla  
Parmeliopsis hyperopta  
Peltigera britannica  
Peltigera collina  
Peltigera horizontalis  
Peltigera hymenina  
Peltigera leucophlebia  
Peltigera membranacea  
Peltigera polydactylon  
Peltigera praetextata  
Pertusaria albescens var. albescens  
Pertusaria albescens var. corallina  
Pertusaria amara f. amara  
Pertusaria corallina  
Pertusaria flavicans  
Pertusaria lactea  
Pertusaria leioplaca  
Pertusaria pertusa  
Pertusaria pseudocorallina  
Pertusaria pupillaris  
Phaeocalicium praecedens Pinhead lichen
Phaeophyscia orbicularis  
Phaeosporobolus alpinus  
Phlyctis argena  
Physcia aipolia  
Physcia caesia  
Physcia tenella subsp. tenella  
Physconia distorta  
Placopsis gelida/lambii  
Placynthiella icmalea  
Placynthium flabellosum  
Platismatia glauca  
Polyblastia melaspora  
Porpidia crustulata  
Porpidia flavocruenta  
Porpidia hydrophila  
Porpidia macrocarpa f. macrocarpa  
Porpidia melinodes  
Porpidia rugosa  
Porpidia tuberculosa  
Protopannaria pezizoides  
Protoparmelia badia  
Protoparmelia ochrococca  
Pseudephebe pubescens  
Pseudevernia furfuracea  
Pseudevernia furfuracea var. ceratea  
Psilolechia lucida  
Ptychographa xylographoides  
Pycnothelia papillaria  
Pyrenidium actinellum var. furfuracea  
Pyrenula occidentalis  
   
Racodium rupestre  
Ramalina farinacea  
Ramalina fraxinea  
Rhizocarpon amphibium  
Rhizocarpon badioatrum  
Rhizocarpon copelandii  
Rhizocarpon geographicum Map lichen
Rhizocarpon lavatum  
Rhizocarpon polycarpum  
Rhizocarpon reductum  
Rhizocarpon sublavatum  
Rimularia intercedens  
Rimularia limborina  
Rimularia mullensis  
Rinodina efflorescens  
Rinodina sophodes  
   
Schaereria cinereorufa  
Schaereria fuscocinerea var. fuscocinerea  
Schismatomma umbrinum  
Sclerococcum sphaerale  
Scoliciosporum chlorococcum  
Skyttea gregaria  
Skyttea lecanorae  
Sphaerophorus globosus  
Stenocybe pullatula  
Stereocaulon dactylophyllum var. dactylophyllum  
Stereocaulon evolutum  
Stereocaulon vesuvianum var. nodulosum  
Stereocaulon vesuvianum var. vesuvianum  
Sticta limbata  
Sticta sylvatica  
   
Thelotrema lepadinum  
Thelotrema macrosporum  
Tomasellia gelatinosa   
Trapelia coarctata  
Trapelia corticola  
Trapelia glebulosa  
Trapelia placodioides  
Trapeliopsis flexuosa  
Trapeliopsis granulosa  
Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa  
Tremella hypogymniae  
Tremella lichenicola  
Tremolecia atrata  
Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla  
   
Umbilicaria cylindrica  
Umbilicaria polyphylla  
Umbilicaria polyrrhiza  
Umbilicaria proboscidea  
Umbilicaria torrefacta  
Unguiculariopsis lettaui  
Usnea filipendula  
Usnea flammea  
Usnea fragilescens var. fragilescens  
Usnea hirta  
Usnea subfloridana  
Usnea wasmuthii  
   
Verrucaria aethiobola  
Verrucaria margacea  
Vouauxiella lichenicola  
   
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii  
Xanthoria parietina  
Xanthoria polycarpa  
Xerotrema megalospora  
Xylographa parallela  
Xylographa trunciseda  
Xylographa vitiligo  
 

Total: 341 species

 


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Lichen on oak

Yellow lichen (Chrysothrix candelaris) on an oak tree (Quercus sp.) on Dundreggan.
 

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Blaeberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) in autumn colour amongst lichen (Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis) on Dundreggan.
 

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Lichen (Cladonia diversa) with red apothecia visible on Dundreggan.
 

Lichens

Lichens (Cladonia floerkeana) with their red apothecia (the part which releases the spores) visible on Dundreggan. The finely branching lichens are Cladonia portentosa.
 

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Lichens (Cladonia gracilis) on Dundreggan.
 

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Lichen (Cladonia pyxidata) on Dundreggan.
 

Lichens on aspen

Degelia atlantica surrounded by another lichen (Pannaria rubiginosa) on the trunk of an aspen tree on Dundreggan.
 

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Lichen (Degelia plumbea) on an aspen tree on Dundreggan.
 

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Stag's horn or oakmoss lichen (Evernia prunastri) on Dundreggan.
 

Cudbear lichen

Cudbear lichen (Ochrolechia tartarea) on Dundreggan, showing the brown discs which release the spores.
Photo by Jane Bowman.
 

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Tree lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) on an aspen tree (Populus tremula) on Dundreggan.
 

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Textured lungwort (Lobaria scrobiculata) on an oak tree (Quercus petraea) on Dundreggan.
 

Ophioparma ventosa

Ophioparma ventosa on a rock on Dundreggan.
 

Lichens

Lichens (Parmelia saxatilis) (centre) and (Pertusaria corallina) (white) on a rock on Dundreggan.
 

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Dog lichen (Peltigera collina) on Dundreggan.
 

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Lichen (Pseudevernia furfuracea) amongst glittering wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens) on Dundreggan.
 

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Lichens (Stereocaulon vesuvianum) (above) and (Cladonia pyxidata) (lower left) on Dundreggan.
 

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