lichens in the maltese islands

Lichens in The Maltese Islands.

About 200 lichens have been

recorded in the Maltese islands

How many different types of lichens can be found in the Maltese Islands?How many different types of lichens can be found in the Maltese Islands?

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF ENDEMIC

LICHEN SPECIES

(are only found in the Maltese Islands)

1.Biatora fusco-

nigrescens Jatta

2.Caloplaca marmorata Bagi

cephaloidea Jatta in Sommier

& Caruana  Gatto

3.Caloplaca melitensis Jatta

4. Caloplaca pyracea (Ach.)

Th. lactea Mass. macrocarpa Jatta

5. Collema

meliteum Jatta conglomeratum Jatta

6. Graphina

sophistica Nyl. melitense Jatta in

Sommier & Caruana Gatto

7. Lecaniella

alocyza Mass. flavidula Jatt

a

8. Lecanora

sublentigera Jatta

9. Lecidea pertusariicola Jatta

10.Scolicosporium

doriae Baglietto decussatum J

atta

11.Thalloedema mammillare (Fr.)

Mass. pulchella Jatta

12.Thalloedema paradoxum Jatta

Caloplaca sp., a distinctive yellow lichen which covers bare rock

Ramalina durieui, found mostly on thin branches of pine (Pinus halepensis) and

cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

Another 'leafy', cypress-loving species

This lichen appears to prefer dead bark of the pine tree

A white lichen on a rock