Order: Lichinales       Family: Lichinaceae Species: Lichina pygmaea Growth type fruticose. Photos: On coastal rock below HWM. Bantry area, Cork, Ireland. Black to dark-brown thallus forms mats to 1cm high. Branches +/- flattened, some can be yellow-brown. Spherical apothecia on tips. Coastal on siliceous rocks below high water mark. Chemical reations negative Similar: L. confinis. Smaller, to 5mm high. Above HWM.

     



Lichina pygmaea on rocks below the high-water mark. Bantry, Co.Cork. February 2009