Lichens & Mosses /Liverworts

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These Pages deal with Lichens and Mosses Bryophytes (scroll to Matrix after Lichens on this Page)

Lichens

Lichens are Matrixed and Classified as follows

Xanthoria	Cladonia	Rhizocarpon petraeum
Netted Shield Lichen Parmelia sulcata	Cladonia subulata	Lecanora sp
Dog Lichens Peltigera sp	Cladonia digitata	Oak Moss Evernia prunastri

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)

The types of lichen

 

The "body" of a lichen is termed the thallus, and its general shape enables us to group lichens into four broad categories.

Foliose lichens have a flat, leaf-like structure

 

 

Useful Links

British Lichen Society

British Lichens

 

Mosses (Bryophytes) & Liverworts

Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus	Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum	Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata
Neat Feather-moss Scleropodium purum	Common Feather-moss Eurhynchium praelongum	Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum
Common Haircap Polytrichum commune	Capilary Thread Moss Bryum capillare	Waved_Silk Moss Plagiothecium undulatum
Crisp / Bruchi's Pincushion Ulota crispa/bruchii	Wood Bristle-moss Orthotrichum affine	Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata	Spiky Bog-moss Sphagnum squarrosum	Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum
Liverwort Pellia epiphylla	Great Scented Liverwort Conocephalum cnoicum	Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme