09/01/2022
Bath Wildlife Sightings
Solenopsora candicans (Dickson) J. Steiner – 1915 (a Lichen)
Date first seen
Date last seen
Frequency of Sighting
Species
Evidence
Quantity
Occasional
Locality
Parade Gardens, Bath
Habitat
Top of balustrade
Environmental Conditions
Grid Reference
ST7564
Other Information
The main body (thallus) is white and rather powdery with obvious lobed margins and rather large white-rimmed black fruiting bodies (apothecia) which sometimes are pruinose (i.e. with a grey bloom). From a distance they can look like bird-droppings.
Recorded by
Rob Randall
Identified by
Rob Randall
