Verrucaria aquatilis
The thallus of this aquatic lichen is grey-brown to dark green and forms a thin and smooth crust. Many black warts (perithecia) are scattered over the surface.
A lichen of freshwater habitats where it can be found submerged and normally on siliceous (acid) rocks.
All year round
An early coloniser of suitable areas.
Widespread, but with records suggesting a mainly northerly and westerly distribution in Britain. It is the most common of the freshwater Verrucaria species.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 January 2012
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 January 2012
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Verrucariales
- Family:
- Verrucariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 02/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 02/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
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