Bath Wildlife Sightings
Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J. Steiner (a Crustose Lichen)
Date first seen
Date last seen
Frequency of Sighting
Species
Evidence
Quantity
Frequent
Locality
Parade Gardens, Bath
Habitat
Top of balustrade
Environmental Conditions
Grid Reference
ST7564
Other Information
The main body (thallus) is either greyish and cracked or embedded in the rock so that it is only visible because of the orange, rounded or lumpy fruiting bodies (apothecia) which are fairly evenly distributed, not crowded together.
Recorded by
Rob Randall
Identified by
Rob Randall