Bath Wildlife Sightings

Caloplaca decipiens (a Crustose Lichen), Parade Gardens, Bath, ST7564

Confirmed

Date first seen

Date last seen

Frequency of Sighting

Species

Evidence

Quantity

Occasional

Locality

Parade Gardens

Habitat

Top of balustrade

Environmental Conditions

Grid Reference

ST7564

Other Information

Has a lobed edge and is usually orange when dry, with a darker centre. When wet it is yellow. Rarely fertile but the centre has patches of soredia by which it can spread vegetatively.

Recorded by

Rob Randall

Identified by

Rob Randall