Bath Wildlife Sightings

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J. Steiner (a Crustose Lichen)

Confirmed

Date first seen

Date last seen

Frequency of Sighting

Species

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) J. Steiner (a Crustose Lichen)

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