Lichens of Almería

Caloplaca ameliensis

2012-01-29T09:49:00.001+01:00

Crustose endolithic, on calcareous rocks.
Note: apothecia 0,2-0,8 mm, brightness brown-olive, at first flat later convex, with wide margin:

Spores closely ellipsoidal, 14-17,5 x 3,5-6 micras, septum 1-3 micras:

Epithecium K+ purpure:

Lithology: dolomite
Altitude: 640 m
Municipality: Alhama de Almería

Thyrea confusa

2012-01-04T23:36:00.001+01:00

Fruticose to almost foliose, gelatinous when wet, saxicolous, on calcareous rain tracks.

Note: thallus black when dry often with a bluish tint resulting from white pruine, fixed to the rock by a central umbilicus, globular isidia on the surface of the thallus:

Lithology: dolomite

Altitude: 640 m

Municipality: Alhama de Almería

Caloplaca lacteoides

2012-01-03T20:50:00.000+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks, usually on small stones on the ground.
Note: apothecia 0,2-0,5 mm, scattered, yelow yolk, paraphyses simple and capitate:

Spores long ellipsoid, 19-21 x 5,5-7 micras, septum narrow 1-2 micras:

Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 850 m
Municipality: Felíx

Arborillus llimonae

2012-01-02T22:11:00.000+01:00

Lichenicolous fungi invading Disploschistes diacapsis surface.
Lithology: loam
Altitude: 220 m
Municipality: Almería

Acarospora nitrophila

2011-12-27T15:13:00.001+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: apothecia inmersed in the areoles, parathecium carbonaceus:

Multispored asci:

Cortex of the thallus cristallized:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 225 m
Municipality: Carboneras

Caloplaca ligustica

2011-12-24T18:23:00.002+01:00

Crustose, saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus poorly developed, apothecia disc red-ferruginous, almost black:

Spores septum less than 4 micras, spores 16-19 x 5,5-7 micras:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude 220 m
Municipality: Carboneras

Rinodina gennarii

2011-12-23T21:30:00.001+01:00

Crustose, saxicolous on eutrophic rocks.
Note: thallus K-, granular, spores 11-15 x 7-9 micras:

Lithology: phyllite
Altitude: 150 m
Municipality: Mojácar

Sarcogyne privigna

2011-12-21T21:56:00.000+01:00

Crustose endolithic, on base-rich siliceous substrata and limestone.

Note: apothecia irregular with red disc when dry:

Asi with more than 100 spores:

Thecium and hipothecium colorless, epithecium lightly brown, parathecium carbonaceus, spores ellipsoidal 4-5,5 x 1-2,5 micras:

Lithology: quartzite

Altitude: 225 m

Municipality: Sante Fe

Aspicilia desertorum

2011-12-17T21:01:00.000+01:00

Crustose terricolous, vagrant. On dry soils, semi-arid steppes.

Note: apothecia lecanorine:

Frequently grows around small pebbles that are incorporated inside:

Lithology: loam with higher clay content.

Altitude: 215 m

Municipality: Santa Fe

Lecania inundata

2011-12-11T21:05:00.000+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks.
Note: surface thallus with small, pale nodules 50-100 micras wide:

Thalline margin usually conspicuous, pale grey to pale brown; spores 1-septate 12-18 x 5,5-6 micras:

Altitude: 180 m
Lithology: limestone
Municipality: Carboneras

Ingaderia troglodytica

2011-12-09T23:17:00.002+01:00

Fruticose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks, near the coast (cliffs).
Note: apothecia lecanorine, rarely, spores 4-5 celled, 17-21 x 6-7 micras.

Altitude: 100 m
Lithology: carbonated rock
Municipality: Carboneras

Opegrapha calcarea

2011-12-09T22:39:00.001+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, endolithic, on calcareous rocks.
Note: apothecia lirellate, symbiont: Trentepohlia, spores 3-celled:

Altitude: 100 m
Lithology: carbonated rock
Municipality: Carboneras

Caloplaca oasis

2011-12-09T22:14:00.000+01:00

(top image: frequently parasiting Verrucaria sp.)

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks and artificial substrata (concrete and mortar).
Note: apothecia 0,2 - 0,4 mm wide, spore septum wide: 1/4 of spore length, spores 9,5-13 x 4,5-6,5 micras:

Altitude: 820 m
Lithology: limestone
Municipality: Felíx

Caloplaca subochracea forma pallida

2011-12-09T22:00:00.000+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks.
Note: spores suborbicular, 10-12 x 7-8 micras:

Altitude 100 m
Lithology: carbonated rocks
Municipality: Carboneras

Lecanographa grumulosa

2011-12-09T20:51:00.000+01:00

(top image: young thallus parasiting Roccella phycopsis)

Curstose saxicolous ombrophilous, on carbonated rocks, near the coast (cliffs).
Note: lecideine apothecia, sometimes lirellate. Spores 3-4 celled, 12-20 x 3-4 micras:

Altitude: 100 m
Lithology: carbonated rock
Municipality: Carboneras

Buellia zoharyi

2011-09-16T22:32:00.000+02:00

Crustose terricolous, on calcareous soils.
Lithology: loam
Altitude: 480 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Umbilicaria nylanderiana

2011-08-21T23:00:00.001+02:00

Umbilicate saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.

Note: upper surface cerebriform; sooty black lower surface with microscopic granules:

Lithology: schist

Altitude: 2.200 m

Municipality: Gérgal

Aspicilia cinerea

2011-08-15T22:03:00.002+02:00

Crustose saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus and medulla K+ yelow later red:

Spores colorless, 14-21 x 10-13 micras:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.840 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Miriquidica griseoatra

2011-08-15T21:46:00.001+02:00

Crustose saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K-, C-, KC-, medulla I-, C+ red:

Epithecium green, spores colorless, 11-14 x 5-7 micras:

Lithology: mica schist
Altitude: 1.900 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Acarospora bulgarica

2011-07-17T22:44:00.001+02:00

Squamulose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K-, C-, apothecia < 2 mm, epithecium yelow-brown, squamules sparsely covered with pruine, spores subglobulose, 3-5 x 2,5-3 micras:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.250 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Lichinella stipatula

2011-07-17T19:07:00.002+02:00

Fruticose like cracked-aerolate, on siliceous rain-tracks.
Note: finely branched thallus:

Photobiont Croococales algae; with gelatinous and brown sheath:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.250 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Caloplaca squamulosa

2011-07-14T21:59:00.000+02:00

Aerolate-squamulose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K-, spores polarilocular, 13-18 x 8-11 micras:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.240 m
Municipality: Tabernas
Comment: for some authors, it is a variety of Caloplaca crenularia.

Rinodina cana

2011-07-14T21:26:00.004+02:00

Crustose-aerolate, saxicolous, on horizontal surfaces.
Note: thallus K-, cracked-aerolate, hipothecium colorless, spores more than 8 micras wide:

Apothecia:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.250 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Phaeophyscia insignis

2011-07-14T19:05:00.000+02:00

Foliose epiphytic and saxicolous, on acid bark / siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K-, rhizines simple:

Soralia maculiform:

Phorophyte: Quercus ilex
Altitude: 1.200 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Sticta fuliginosa

2011-07-13T23:51:00.002+02:00

Foliose epiphytic, on mossy bark.
Note: thallus dark brown to olive-gray, upper surface covered with tiny cylindrical to coralloid isidia:

Lower surface pale brown, covered with an almost white tomentum:

Medulla white:

Phorophyte: Quercus ilex
Altitude: 1.200 m
Municipality: Tabernas
Comment: it is a hygrophilous species and oceanic distribution so we are very surprised to find it in this place.

Hypogymnia physodes

2011-07-13T23:00:00.001+02:00

Foliose epiphytic, on acid bark.
Note: medulla and soralia K-, C-, KC+, (more or less orange), cortex K+ yelow later brown-red; lobes fistulous, soralia labriform:

Black underside, without rhizines:

Phorophyte: Quercus ilex
Altitude: 1.200 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Protoparmelia badia

2011-07-07T21:23:00.000+02:00

Crustose-aerolate saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K-, Cl-, KCl-, spores fusiform, 11-14 x 4-5 micras:

Lithology: mica-schist
Altitude: 2. 160 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Physconia grisea subsp. lilacina

2011-07-07T20:45:00.001+02:00

Foliose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus orbicular, densely white-pustulate pruinose, K-, C-, KC-, scaly isidia:

Rhizines squarrosely-branched:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.240 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Pertusaria luteola

2011-07-05T22:48:00.003+02:00

Crustose epiphitic, on smooth bark, (we have seen it on Quercus ilex)
Note: thallus K+ yellow to red with red cristal in the medulla:

Thallus KC+ orange:

Asci bi-spored:

Spores colorless, ellipsoidal, 70-95 x 25-35 micras, striated wall:

An apothecium per wart, ostiole closed, black:

Phorophyte: Quercus ilex
Altitude: 1.240 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Phlyctis argena

2011-07-03T10:59:00.010+02:00

Crustose epilithic, on smooth bark and rough.
Note: soralia irregular, initially well defined with granular margin:

Medulla K+ yellow finally red, C-:

Phorophyte: Quercus ilex (frequently at the base).
Altitude: 1.260 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Heteroplacidium acervatum

2011-07-02T13:36:00.001+02:00

Squamulose, on calcareous rocks or over a accumulation of soils.
Note: squamules 0,3-3 mm, greyish towards the margins, forming compact cushion-like aggregations. Bundles of rhizopyphae forming a stipe-like organ.
Upper cortex paraplectenchymatous:

Medulla composed of spherical hyphae:

Perithecia globose pale, ostiole brown:

Asci clavate with biseriate spores, simple, 11-13 x 5-6 micras:

Lithology: clay
Altitude: 245 m
Municipality: Almería

Rinodina dubyana

2011-07-01T23:07:00.000+02:00

Crustose endolithic, on calcareous rocks.

Note: thecium and hypothecium colorless, spores uniseptate, brown-green, type-dubyana, 14-20 x 9-12 micras:

Apothecium slightly embedded in the sustrate, black, type-lecidea

Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 140 m
Municipality: Almería

Arthonia reniformis

2011-06-22T20:44:00.003+02:00

Crustose epiphytic, on smooth bark.
Note: apothecia lirelliform

Spores tri-septate, colorless:

Phorophyte: Pistacia lentiscus
Altitude: sea level
Municipality: El Ejido

Chrysothrix candelaris

2011-06-19T23:59:00.001+02:00

Leprose epiphytic, rarely on siliceous rocks.
Note: bright yellow soredia
Phorophyte: Pinus halepensis
Altitude: 1.540 m
Municipality: Abla

Phaeophyscia sciastra

2011-06-19T23:46:00.003+02:00

Foliose saxicolous (acid and basic) and rarely epiphytic.
Note: thallus K-, dark color, narrow lobes, isidia granular to somewhat cylindrical, primarily marginal - submarginal:

Rhizines simple:

Phorophyte: Populus nigra
Altitude: 1.850 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Lecidea tessellata

2011-06-03T22:51:00.000+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.

Note: thallus K-, Cl-, KCl-, I+ blue. Epithecium green, hipothecium and thecium colorless. Spores colorless 8,5-11 x 5-6 micras:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.805 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Caloplaca pollinii

2011-06-01T22:01:00.001+02:00

Crustose epiphytic, frequently on smooth bark.
Note: apothecia ferruginous red to black. In section with orange and yelow crystals.
Phorophyte: Pinus sylvestris
Altitud: 1.805 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Lecidea confluens

2011-06-01T21:15:00.002+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.

Note: thallus K-, Cl-, KCl-. Epithecium green, thecium colorless, hipothecium dark brown, parathecium dark brown. Apothecia confluent. Spores colorless, 10,5-12,5 x 4-5 micras:

Lithology: schist

Altitude: 1.805 m

Municipality: Gérgal

Caloplaca cerina var. muscorum

2011-05-31T22:39:00.000+02:00

Crustose terricolous, on bryophytes, siliceous substrates.
Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.805 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Peltigera canina

2011-05-31T19:48:00.005+02:00

Foliose muscicolous, on acid and basic substrates.
Note: upper surface felted-tomentose:

Rhizines fasciculate, cottony, white or brown toward the centre of the thallus:

Lower surface white-tomentose with white narrow veins and crushed that darken toward the centre:

Without isidia.
Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.805 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Parmelia saxatilis

2011-05-29T23:15:00.003+02:00

Foliose saxicolous and epiphyte, on siliceous rocks and acid-bark.
Note: with a white network of veins (pseudocyphellae).

Isidia cilindrical or coraliform.

Underside black with many rhizines black.

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.805 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Xanthoparmelia stenophylla

2011-05-29T22:36:00.001+02:00

Foliose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus green-yelow, with numerous black spots (pynidia).
Detail of the lobes:

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.805 m
Municipality: Gérgal

Catapyrenium daedaleum

2011-05-28T19:22:00.002+02:00

Squamulose terricolous, on soils mixed with mosses.

Note: our material is sterile, however, the others characters and its ecology, make us think, that it is

C. daedaleum.

Upper cortex thin, poorly delimited from the algal layer, medulla thick with loose hyphae, lower cortex lacking, pycnidia absent, upper surface faintly pruinose. Hypo/prothallus dark.

(Image 40x)
Living in the supra- to oro-mediterranean belt.

Lithology: on mosses between schist.

Altitude: 1.850 m

Municipality: Abrucena

Lecidea lapicida var. pantherina

2011-05-28T17:23:00.003+02:00

Crustose saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K+ orange to red, Cl-, KCl-, medulla I+ blue.

Epithecium brown-green to green-blue. Thecium colorless, hipothecium colorless to pale brown.
Coherent paraphyses, spores ellipsoidal to subglobose, colorless, 10-14 x 6,5-8,5 micras.

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.850 m
Municipality: Abrucena

Rhizocarpon oportense

2011-05-28T11:20:00.000+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.

Note: thallus K-, Cl-, I-, epithecium dark green, spores muriform dark brown quickly, 27,5-32,5 x 16-19 micras.

Lithology: diorite
Altitude: 150 m
Municipality: Mojácar

Lobothallia alphoplaca

2011-05-27T20:19:00.003+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K+ yelow later red

Very convex lobes, it is easily removed from the substrate, apothecia dark red-brown, epithecium brown.

Lithology: schist

Altitude: 1.850 m

Municipality: Abrucena

Umbilicaria vellea

2011-05-27T19:01:00.005+02:00

Foliose umbilicate, saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: lower surface with abundant dark rhizines not joined the rock.

Apothecia in small numbers, dark disc, with rich folds.

Spores unicellular, colorless and usually triangular, 10-14 x 7-9 micras.

Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.985 m
Municipality: Abrucena

Lecidea lithophila

2011-05-25T22:11:00.002+02:00

Crustose saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: partially rust-colored from acumulation of iron oxides.
Lithology: schist
Altitude: 1.875 m
Municipality: Abrucena

Diplotomma hedinii

2011-04-29T22:34:00.005+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks.

Note: thallus K-, initially greenish then brown spores, with three septa, 14-21 x 6-11 micras:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 980 m

Municipality: Turrillas

Polychidium muscicola

2011-04-25T22:09:00.003+02:00

Fruticose terricolous, on calcareous soil and amongst bryophytes.
Note: photobiont cyanobacterial (Nostoc):

Branches cylindrical, smooth, ramified:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 980 m

Municipality: Turrillas

Peltigera ponojensis

2011-04-25T18:48:00.002+02:00

Foliose terricolous, on calcareous soil and mosses.
Note: lobes < 10 mm broad, thallus tomentose:

Undersurface whitish, rhizines and raised veins long remaining pale, rhizines simple:

Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 980 m
Municipality: Turrillas

Leptogium lichenoides

2011-04-23T00:10:00.001+02:00

Gelatinous saxicolous, corticolous and terricolous, frequently on moss.
Note: with coraloid isidia on the margins of the thallus:

With upper cortex.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 970 m
Municipality: Turrillas

Heppia lutosa

2011-04-22T23:31:00.001+02:00

Squamulose comophytic, on calcareous rocks.
Note: photobiont blue-green (Scytonema):

Spores colorless, 1-celled, ellipsoid, 20 x 10 micras, 8 per ascus:

Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 970 m
Municipality: Turrillas

Squamarina oleosa

2011-04-22T22:16:00.001+02:00

Squamulose comophytic, on calcareous rocks.
Note: green oily appearence; apothecia excavated in the squamules.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 970 m
Municipality: Turrillas

Acarospora nodulosa var. reagens

2011-04-20T23:51:00.004+02:00

Crustose terricolous, on loam.
Note: thallus clearly K+ red:

Small nearly spherical spores (3-5 micras), in large number within the asci:

Lithology: loam
Altitude: 220 m
Municipality: Santa Fe de Mondújar

Squamarina periculosa

2011-04-20T23:11:00.000+02:00

Squamulose comophytic, on calcareous rocks.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 390 m
Municipality: Turre

Caloplaca ochracea

2011-04-20T22:41:00.001+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks.

Note: thallus thin, lacking an organised cortex, like a creamy yellow crust. Spores quadrilocular (tri-septate), 11-18 x 5-7 micras:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 390 m

Municipality: Turre

Leptochidium albociliatum

2011-04-20T21:46:00.001+02:00

Foliose saxicolous, frecuently on mossy rocks, rarely on soil.

Note: stiff white "whiskers" on the lobe margins.

Thanks to A. Valero for his review.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 840 m
Municipality: Rágol

Placidium semaforense

2011-02-13T22:18:00.000+01:00

Squamulose terricolous, on clay soil; grows predominantly in xeric areas, such a dry mediterranean scrublands.
Note: pycnidia marginal dermatocarpon-type, squamules rhizinate:

Perithecia broadly pyriform to globose:

Spores simple, 13-22 x 7-12 micras:

Lithology: clay soil
Altitude: 870 m
Municipality: Felix

Peltula obscurans

2011-01-19T20:43:00.000+01:00

Squamulose saxicolous or terricolous, on both acid and basic substrates.
Note: cyanobacterium as photobiont, spores broadly ellipsoid, many per ascus.
Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 110 m
Municipality: Níjar

Placopyrenium bucekii

2011-01-07T22:37:00.002+01:00

Squamulose-areoled, saxicolous on siliceous and calcareous rocks, sometimes even on soil.

Note: squamules covered by a whitish to grey pruine, with perithecia inmersed in the squamules, simple to uni- or bi-septate spores according to the variety 13,5-17 x 5-7 micras( in var. type).
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 830 m
Municipality: Felix

Clauzadea metzleri

2011-01-02T21:23:00.005+01:00

Crustose endolithic, on calcareous rocks, often lapidicolous.

Note: epithecium reddish, hipothecium brown at maturity and colorless in young apothecia, spores simple, ellipsoidal, colorless, when young enveloped by a gelatinous halo, 16-24 x 6,5-10 micras:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 150 m

Municipality: Enix

Acarospora heufleriana

2011-01-01T22:58:00.006+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on other lichens: lichenicolous.

Note: aerolate or subsquamulose, areoles dispersed to contiguous. bright yelow thallus often pruinose, K- or K+ red dots:

Asci polyspored:

Spores ellipsoidal, 4-5 x 3-3,5 micras:

Lithology: conglomerate and schist

Altitude: 320 and 900 m

Municipality: Pechina and Taberno

Rinodina teichophila

2011-01-01T21:43:00.002+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on acid and weakly calcareous rock.
Note: thallus K-, KC-, C-; spores 22-27 x 12,5-16 micras with thick-wall:

Lithology: conglomerate with quartzite

Altitude: 320 m

Municipality: Pechina

Phaeophyscia hirsuta

2010-12-31T02:05:00.006+01:00

Foliose epiphytic and saxicolous.

Note: soralia labriform and pulverulent, upper surface with very fine, short and hyaline cilia:

Lithology: limestone and conglomerate

Altitude: 820 and 320 m

Municipality: Felix and Pechina

Heteroplacidium divisum

2010-12-30T21:54:00.005+01:00

Squamulose terricolous, mainly on calcareous rocks with some soil acumulation, and in fissures or cavities.

Note: squamules densely imbricate, thallus 100-200 micras thick, perithecia subglobose, exciple pale to brown, darkened towards the ostiole:

Spores simple, 11-14 x 6-7 micras:

Pycnidia laminal, Dermatocarpon-type, conidios subcylincrical, 3,5-5 x 1-1,5 micras:

Lithology: crack in conglomerate
Altitude: 320 m
Municipality: Pechina

Placidium michelii

2010-12-30T19:58:00.006+01:00

Squamulose terricolous, on calcareous soils, in rock crevices and on rocks ledges.

Note: thallus thin: 160-240 micras thick, lower side black, rhizines absent, pynidia laminal inmersed, conidia oblong-ellipsoidal 3-4 x 1,2-1,5 micras:

Perithecia with dark brown exciple:

Lithology: conglomerate

Altitude: 320 m

Municipality: Pechina

Buellia epigaea

2010-12-30T17:46:00.001+01:00

Crustose terricolous, on calcareous soils, mainly in shade places.
Note: spores brown, uni-septate:

Lithology: loam
Altitude: 320 m
Municipality: Pechina

Placidium tenellum

2010-12-30T16:37:00.001+01:00

Squamulose terricolous, mainly on calcareous and sandy soils.

Note: squamules up to 3,5 mm, scattered to contiguous, roundish or shallowly lobate, medulla composed of globulars cells, rhizohyphae thin and colorless, pynidia laminal Dermatocarpon-type, rhizines absent, perithecial pyriform with a wall pale:

Conidia oblong-ellipsoid, 2,5-4 x 1,5-2 micras:

Spores simple, 11-15 x 5-7,5 micras:

Lithology: loam
Altitude: 320 m
Municipality: Pechina

Lepraria nivalis

2010-12-28T20:10:00.000+01:00

Leprose terricolous, on clay.

Note: cottony, soft, usually thick; white to light grey, usually with bluish tinge; thallus margin delimited, soredia loosely packed.

Lithology: clay

Altitude: 50 m

Municipality: Níjar

Pertusaria teneriffensis

2010-12-28T13:25:00.001+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K+ y KC+ yelow later red, C-. Normaly sterile. Sorediate.
Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 50 m
Municipality: Níjar

Scoliciosporum umbrinum

2010-12-28T10:55:00.000+01:00

Crustose, on differents substrates (rocks, bark...).

Note: thallus continuous, thin, ±warted or almost granular, epithecium blue-green, hypothecium colorless, spores acicular, spirally coiled, 20-30 x 2-3 µm, 3-7-septate:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 130 m
Municipality: Níjar

Pertusaria mammosa

2010-12-28T10:14:00.000+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.

Note: isidia like thallus warts, thallus K+ yelow, KC+ pale orange, with somewhat worn-off surface, apothecia immersed in warts, with black discs, spores 1/asci, 180-200 x 60-70 µm:

Apothecium:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 140 m
Municipality: Níjar

Buellia spuria

2010-12-26T23:43:00.000+01:00

Crustose, cracked-aerolated, saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K+ yelow, medulla I+ blue; spores brown, uni-septate, 10-12 x 6-7 micras:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 120 m
Municipality: Níjar

Rhizocarpon simillimum

2010-12-25T23:41:00.000+01:00

Crustose rimose-aerolate, saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: medulla I+ blue, hypothecium dark brown, spores soon dark black-graybrown, 1-septate, 11-16 x 5-8 µm:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 100 m
Municipality: Níjar

Caloplaca fuscoatroides

2010-12-21T22:51:00.002+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous or calcareous rocks.
Note: thallus devoid of the yelow-orange-red pigments: anthraquinones
Lithology: diorite
Altitude: 175 m
Municipality: Níjar

Aspicilia cernohorskyana

2010-12-21T09:58:00.004+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on calcareous rocks.

Note: morphologically variable thallus, from continuous to slightly fissured or cracked-aerolate; surface with papillary granulations.Slightly lobulated periphery. Spores big, nearly spherical:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 1.200 m

Municipality: Vélez Rubio

Thanks to http://www.myco-lich.com/ for his review.

Aspicilia cheresina

2010-12-21T09:23:00.000+01:00

Crustose placodiomorph, saxicolous, parasitic on Aspicilia calcarea.
Note: thanks to http://www.myco-lich.com/ fot his review.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 1.360 m
Municipality: Vélez Rubio

Buellia stellulata

2010-12-18T22:27:00.002+01:00

Crustose cracked, saxicolous on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus K+ yelow later red, reddish-brown hipothecium, spores brown, biseptate, 9-11 x 5-6,5 micras:

White thallus:

Thallus K+:

Lithology: phyllite and andesite
Altitude: 226 and 20 m
Municipality: Mojácar y Níjar

Porpidia macrocarpa

2010-12-09T23:08:00.002+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.

Note: thallus K- and C-, medulla I-; often poorly developed thallus; big spores 16-26 x 6-11 micras, simple, hyaline:

Lithology: andesite

Altitude: 110 m

Municipality: Níjar

Roccella fuciformis

2010-12-08T10:08:00.002+01:00

Fruticose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: longer than R. phycopsis, yelow medulla is not seen as in the latter, branches flat; cortex C-, soralia C+ carmine-red:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 90 m
Municipality: Níjar

Lecanora sulphurella

2010-12-07T21:43:00.000+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: known only from the Macaronesian. Spores simple, hyaline, 12 x 5 micras.

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 253 m
Municipality: Níjar

Rinodina beccariana

2010-11-26T20:43:00.001+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks.
Note: thallus and margin K+ pale yelow, thick-walled spores, 16-21 x 8-12:

Lithology: andesite
Altitude: 170 m
Municipality: Níjar

Pertusaria monogona

2010-11-24T22:02:00.003+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on siliceous rocks near the coast or places with mild winters.
Note: thallus K+ yelow, later blood red, C-. Asci with only one spore, which has thick wall, 100-300 x 50-100 micras:

Lithology: andesite.

Altitude: 70 m

Municipality: Níjar

Caloplaca necator

2010-11-24T21:47:00.003+01:00

Crustose liquenicolous, on Aspicilia sp., near the coast in volcanics environments.

Note: ecologically similar to Caloplaca inconnexa v. nesodes but in places more thermophilic although thallus and spores larger than the latter.

Lithology: andesite

Altitude: 80 m

Municipality: Níjar

Lecanographa grumulosa subsp. monstrosa

2010-11-23T23:23:00.002+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, under overhanging volcanics.
Note: spores hyaline, elongated, triseptate, 12-18 x 3-4 micras:

Ascomata more or less lirelliform to roundish:

Lithology: andesite

Altitude: 70 m

Municipality: Níjar

Ramalina tingitana

2010-11-23T22:01:00.001+01:00

Fruticose saxicolous, on volcanics rocks near the coast.
Note: lacinia with pseudocyphellae on its surface. Apothecia laminal:

Lithology: andesite

Altitude: 70 m

Municipality: Níjar

Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum

2010-11-22T22:43:00.001+01:00

Squamulose saxicolous, on steep calcareous rocks, facing north (815 m. altitude).

Note: cushion-like growth; squamules lobate, 2–5 mm wide, convex, imbricate, attached to the substratum by basal ends only; asci clavate; spores biseriate, pynidia laminal, inmersed, conidia baciliform.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 815 m
Municipality: Felix

Verrucaria viridula

2010-11-22T20:51:00.001+01:00

Crustose, from endolithic to epilithic, on differentes subtrates (rock, soil, bark, etc).
Note: perithecia bottle-shaped (ampulliform), spores big, 20-39 x 13-23 micras:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 820 m

Municipality: Felix

Cladonia subrangiformis

2010-11-21T23:41:00.006+01:00

Fruticose terricolous, on dry calcareous soils.
Note: apothecia brown, apical, hemispheric, podecia hollow; thallus greyish becomes brown.

Less branched than C. rangiformis, with white spots by the cortex detachment.

Lithology: clay
Altitude: 820 m
Municipality: Felix

Lecanora congesta

2010-11-21T22:59:00.001+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on steeply sloping north-facing limestone rocks.
Note: thallus C+ pink. Spores hyaline ellipsoidal-subglobose, 7,5-11 x 4,5-7 micras:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 815 m

Municipality: Felix

Lecanora pruinosa

2010-11-21T22:34:00.001+01:00

Crustose saxicolous on calcareous rocks.
Note: thallus and margin of the apothecia K+ yelow, C+ orange.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 815 m
Municipality: Felix

Buellia leptoclinoides

2010-11-20T23:51:00.003+01:00

Crustose saxicolous, on volcanics rocks near the coast.

Note: thallus K+ yellow, spores 15-20 x 8-9 micras, of typical callyspora-type:

Hymenium with numerous oil droplets:

Lithology: andesite

Altitude: 42 m

Municipality: Níjar

Anthracocarpon virescens

2010-10-18T22:11:00.008+02:00

Squamulose terricolous, on calcareous soils and gypsiferous substrata.
Note: lober cortex absent:

Peritecia with a brown to black and carbonaceous exciple:

Pycnidia endocarpon-type. Spores 16-19 x 7-10 micras:

Rhizines up to 300 micras, brown, simple or branched:

Lithology: clay

Altitude: 150 m

Municipality: Enix

Candelariella medians

2010-10-17T21:18:00.002+02:00

Crustose saxicolous, on isolated calcareous rocks or artificial substrates.
Nota: thallus K-.
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 320 m
Municipality: Tabernas

Heteroplacidium contumescens

2010-10-17T20:36:00.013+02:00

Squamulose terricolous and saxicolous, on calcareous, siliceous or volcanics rocks and sandy soils.
Note: perithecia globose to subglobose, immersed, exciple pale, darkening with age:

Spores biseriate, simple:

Hyaline, 11-15 x 6-7,5:

Rizohifas:

Lithology: andesite

Altitude: 60 m

Municipality: Níjar

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus

2010-10-15T23:03:00.001+02:00

Fruticose epiphytic, on trees and shrubs, in sunny places.
Note: usually on twigs, at low altitude.
Forophyte: Ziziphus lotus
Altitude: 90 m
Municipality: Níjar

Lecania spadicea

2010-10-15T22:08:00.002+02:00

Crustose aerolate-warted, saxicolous, on limestone vertical surfaces.
Note: thallus pruinose, spores epillsoidal, colourless, uniseptate, 14 x 5 micras:

Lithology: conglomerate

Altitude: 95 m

Municipalility: Níjar

Verrucaria muralis

2010-10-12T11:16:00.001+02:00

Crustose, cracked-aerolate or endolithic, saxicolous, usually lapidicolous, on calcareous rocks.
Note: perithecia usually semi-inmersed in the thallus:

Ostiole inconspicuous to excavate:

Spores narrowly to broadly ellipsoidal, 17-25 x 10-14 micras:

Thallus cracked-aerolate, grey-green or grey-brown:

Lithology: limestone

Altitude: 860 m

Municipality: Felix

Toninia diffracta

2010-10-06T00:34:00.002+02:00

Squamulose saxicolous, in small fissures of calcareous rocks.
Note: apothecia strongly constricted:

Spores hyaline, fusiform, 14.5-26 x 3-4.5 micras:
Lithology: limestone
Altitude: 290 m
Municipality: Vícar