A few days spent near Keswick attending a literature festival provided an opportunity for stroll to Crummock Water and short walks round Braithwaite and Stonetwaite. The lichens and mosses are stunning at this time of year. I photographed a few so the identification is by photo only and might be wrong. Below is Parmotrema perlatum (Black Stone flower) on tree bark.
Also on tree bark Pepperpot Lichen (Pertusaria pertusa).
Also on a tree bark is Lecanora Chlarotera
Nearby another tree bark lichen, Phlyctis argena, White paint lichen.
Moving from the woodland to the lake, below is a Caldonia possibly Chlorophaea on rock
On rock, Lecanora sulphurea
and this strange one Enterographa crassa?
Ochrolechia parella is more familiar below.
Below is possibly Acrocordia salweyi in grey and Verrucaria aethiobola in tan.
Fuscidea cyathoides was widespread with Fuscidea Kochiana looking whiter and crumpled.
Fuscidea lighfootii, a fluorescent green, brightened the rock colour.
Next is a selection of Cladonias, always difficult to distinguish. Below C coniocrea.
C macilenta?
C squamosa?
C uncialis
to be continued.
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