Lichens

White script lichen (Fissurina alboscripta) - lower part of image and Crutarndina petractoides - upper part of image, Glenleraig. Photo C. Walker

White script lichen (Fissurina alboscripta), Glenleraig. Photo C. Walker

Common Dog Lichen (Peltigera membranacea) Achmelvich bridge. Photo D. Haines

Lichens (Degelia atlantica on Frullania dilatata (brown moss), plus Pyrenula macrospora (top, orangey crust with black dots, perithecia) Achmelvich bridge. Photo D. Haines

Lichen (probably Usnea filipendula) on Birch, River Inver nr Little Assynt. Photo D. Haines

Cladonia pyxidata surrounded by brown lobes of Sticta sylvatica and mosses, Inverkirkaig. Photo D. Haines

'Dog Lichen' (Peltigera membranacea) with red apothecium lower right, Inverkirkaig. Photo D. Haines

Maritime lichen (Anaptychia runcinata), Raffin. Photo G.Richards

Lichen (Cladonia sp. probably C. squamosa or C. subsquamosa) on mossy rock near Lagg. Photo D. Haines

Lichen (Stereocaulon vesuvianum) on mossy rock near Lagg. Photo D. Haines

Lichen (Cladonia diversa) on mossy rock near Lagg. Photo D. Haines

Lichen (Pertusaria sp. Either P. lactea or P.aspergilla) Culkein Drumbeg. Photo D. Haines

Lichen (Cladonia subulata. Rather thin, etiolated specimen) Loch Poll track. Photo D. Haines

10. Lichen (Stereocaulon cf. dactyophyllum) on gneiss outcrop, Little Assynt. Photo G. Richards

8. Lichen (Platismatia norvegica) on heather stems, Little Assynt. Photo G.Richards

Lichen near Lagg (possibly Cladonia squamosa). Photo D. Haines

Lichen (Cladonia pyxidata) on moss covered tree stump near Rientraid. Photo D. Haines

Lichen (Cladonia fimbriata) near Lagg. Photo D. Haines

Lichen mosaic on Torridonian erratic near Ardvar. Photo I. Evans

Lichen (Icmadophila ericetorum) and fruiting bodies Gleann Leireag. Photo D. Haines

Beard Lichen (Usnea subfloridana) Nedd. Photo D. Haines

'lettuce-leaved dog lichen' (Peltigera lactucifolia) Little Assynt. Photo D. Haines

Sea Ivory lichen (Ramalina siliquosa) Loch Ardbhair. Photo A. Summers

Lichen (Ophioparma ventosa) near Cathair Dubh and showing blood-red fruiting bodies. Photo R. Glover

Tree Lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) and fruiting bodies Duart. Photo D. Haines

Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) near Ardroe. Photo R.Glover