Explore the diverse flora and fauna on the Downs from season to season through personal observations and photographs

Saturday, 24 Jan 2026

Gold Dust Lichen

Today was lichen day. Returning to the tree mentioned in my last post on which I found the Whitewash Lichen I focussed my attention on some of the other lichens present. One of them is a green foliose lichen probably of the family Parmeliaceae and possibly a Parmotrema species. Another could well be Gold Dust […]