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Lichens recorded in Foula

Acarospora fuscata (Schrader)
Rocks, boulders and walls.

A. runcinata (With.) J.R.Laundon
Widespread.

Bryoria bicolor (Ehrh.) Brodo & D. Hawksworth
Amongst Racomitrium at the summit of the Sneug (DLH).

B. fuscescens (Gyelnik) Brodo & D. Hawksworth
Boulders, stones and posts..

Caloplaca citrina (Hoffm.)
Old buildings.

C. crenularia (With.) J.R.Laudon
Rocks, stones and walls.

C. holocarpa sensu lato.
Mortar and wood.

C. marina (Wedd.) Zahibr. ex Du Rietz
Coastal rocks, walls and buildings.

C. thallincola (Wedd.) Du Rietz
Coastal rocks, walls and buildings.

C. verruculifera (Vain.) Zahlbr.
Rocks, walls and posts.

Cetraria chlorophylla (Willd.) Vain
Rocks, boulders, stones, walls and posts.

C. islandica (L.) Ach.
Moorland peat.

Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa (Wallr.) Ruoss
Sphagnum bog peat.

C. bellidiflora (Ach.) Schaer.
Peat.

C. cervicornis subsp. cervicornis (Ach) Flot.
Rocks, walls and peat.

C. ciliata var. tenuis (Florke) Ahti
Heathland.

C. diversa Asperges
Rocks and Peat.

C. fimbriata (L.) Fr.
Peat.

C. floerkeana (Fr.) Florke
Peat. .

C. furcata (Huds.) Schrad.
Rocks and peat.

C. gracilis (L.) Willd.
Peat.

C. macilenta Hoffm.
Rocks and peat.

C. polydactyla (Florke) Sprengel
Peat.

C. portentosa (Dufour) Coem.
Rocks and peat.

C. rangiferina (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg
In scalped area at Punds, Foula.

C. rangiformis Hoffm.
Peat.

C. subcervicornis (Vain.) Kernst.
Rocks and peat.

C. uncialis (L.) Weber ex F.H.Wigg subsp. biuncialis (Hoffm.) M.Choisy
Rocks, stones and peat.

Coelocaulon aculeatum (Schreb.) Link
Rocks and peat.

Cystocoleus ebeneus (Dillwyn) Thwaites
Rocks.

Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach.
Posts.

Fuscidea cyathoides (Ach.) var. cyathoides
Rocks, stones and walls.

Hypogymnia physodes (L.) Nyl.
Boulders, stones, walls and posts.

Lecanora actophila Wedd.
Coastal rocks and walls.

L. campestris (Schaer.) Hue
Rocks, stones and walls.

L. dispersa (L.) Sommerfelt.
Rocks, stones and walls.

L. expallens Ach.
Posts.

L. gangaleoides Nyl.
Rocks, stones and walls.

L. helicopis (Wahlenb.) Ach.
Coastal rocks.

L. muralis (Schreb) Rabenh.
Rocks and walls.

L. poliophaea (Wahlenb.) Ach.
Coastal rocks, stones and walls.

L. polytropa (Hoffm.) Rabenh.
Rocks, stones and walls.

L. rupicola (L.) Zahlbr.
Rocks, stones and walls.

L. sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.
Rocks, stones and walls.

Lecidella elaeochroma (Ach) M.Choisy
Posts.

L. subincongrua (Nyl.) Hertel & Leuckert
Coastal rocks, stones, walls and posts.

Lepraria incana (L.) Ach.
Rocks. Confusion with L. lobificans.

Lichina confinis (Muller) Arnold
Coastal rocks.

Ochrolechia parella (L.) Massal.
Coastal rocks and walls.

Omphalina cupulatoides P.D.Orton
On old Peltigera thalli in Foula (DLH).

O. hudsoniana (Jenn.) Bigelow
Peat.

Opegrapha saxatilis DC
Rocks, stones and walls.

Parmelia glabratula (Lamy) Nyl. subsp. fuliginosa (Fr.ex Duby) J.R.Laundon
Rocks, boulders, stones, walls and posts.

P. omphalodes (L.) Ach.
Rocks, boulders and peat.

P. saxatilis (L.) Ach.
Rocks, stones, walls and posts.

P. subaurifera Nyl.
On rocks near North Biggins, Foula (Hawksworth, 1970).

P. sulcata Taylor
Stones and walls.

Peltigera membranaacea (Ach.) Nyl.
Woidespread.

P. polydactyla (Neck.) Hoffm.
Rocks and peat.

P. praetextata (Florke ex Sommerf.) Zopf
Foula (DLH).

Pertusaria corallina (L.) Arnold
Rocks and walls.

Physcia tenella (Scop.) DC. subsp. tenella
Rocks and walls.T

Platismatia glauca (L.) Culb. & C.Culb.
Rocks, boulders, walls and posts.

Porpidia cinereoatra (Ach.) Hertel & Knoph
Rocks.

P. macrocarpa (DC.) Hertel & A.J.Schwab
Rocks, stones and walls.

P. tuberculosa (Sm.) Hertel & Knoph
Widespread.

P. rupestris (Scop.) J.Steiner
Found on the Nev and Hamnafeld, Foula (Hawksworth 1966).

Pycnothelia papillaria Dufour
Peat.

Ramalina cuspidata (Ach.) Nyl.
Coastal rocks and walls.

R. farinacea (L.) Ach.
Trees.

R. fraxinea (L.) Ach.
Recorded from a wall by the Daal Burn, Hametoon, Foula (Hawksworth 1970).

R. siliquosa (Huds.) A.L.Sm.
Rocks, stones and walls.

R. subfarinacea (Nyl. ex Crombie) Nyl.
Walls.

Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC.
Rocks, boulders and walls.

R. hochstetteri (Korb.) Vain
Recorded from rocks on mountainside, Foula (Hawksworth, 1966).

Rinodina gennarii Bagl.
Coastal and other rocks and walls.

Sphaerophorus globosus (Huds.) Vain.
Rocks, walls and peat.

Tephromela atra (Huds.) Hafeliner ex Kalb
Coastal rocks, stones and walls.

Tylothallia biformigera (Leight.) P.James & Kilias
Recorded from rocks and walls, the Sneug and Wurrwusbanks, Foula (DLH).

Usnea hirta (L.) F.H.Wigg
Posts.

Verrucaria maura Wahienb.
Coastal rocks, stones and walls.

V. mucosa Wahlenb.
Coastal rocks and stones.

V. nigrescens Pers.
Rocks and walls.

V. viridula (Schrader) Ach.
Found on calcareous mortor in interstices of wall, Hametoun, Foula (Hawksworth, 1966).

Xanthoria candelaria (L.) Th.Fr.
Stones, walls and posts.

X. ectaneoides (Nyl.) Zahlbr
On maritime rocks, Ham Voe, Foula (Hawksworth, 1966).

X. parietina (L.) Th.Fr.
Coastal rocks and walls.

Hawksworth, D.L., 1966. The lichen flora of Foula, Shetland.
The Lichenologist, 3: 218-223.

Kery Dalby and Claire Dalby. 2005. Shetland Lichens.

Shetland Amenity Trust.

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