lichens in the maltese islands
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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