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Species descriptions
Image © Sylvia Davidson
Explore some of the most common and most beautiful lichens in the UK.
Descriptions of lichens in straight-forward language.
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Lecanactis subabietina = Inoderma subabietinum.pdf
Lecanora albescens = Myriolecis albescens.pdf
Lecanora confusa.pdf
Lecanora conizaeoides.pdf
Lecanora crenulata = Myriolecis crenulata.pdf
Lecanora dispersa = Myriolecis dispersa.pdf
Lecanora expallens.pdf
Lecanora gangaleoides.pdf
Lecanora muralis.pdf
Lecanora polytropa.pdf
Lecanora sulphurea.pdf
Lecidella elaeochroma.pdf
Lepra albescens.pdf
Lepra amara.pdf
Lepra corallina.pdf
Lepraria finkii.pdf
Lepraria lobificans = Lepraria finkii.pdf
