Lichen species

[black]

All taken at White Coppice, near Chorley Lancashire. Help appreciated with ID. The light was appaling blah, blah so not the best photos.

Thought the first might be Evernia prunastri with Parmelia sp , Parmelia sulcata? it seems to have those surface pseudocyphellae



Not sure on the second branched one and the surrounding lichen to the right don't seem to have many surface features so perhaps Flavoparmelia caperata?



The third has at least one species of Cladonia.

[AlanS]

Hi Black,

As you suggest, number 1 shows Evernia prunastri and Parmelia sulcata.

Number 2 is the same.

Number 3 is indeed a Cladonia, but identifying Cladonia spp. is often very difficult, even with the specimen in hand, and, frankly, this photograph is below your usual standard. It is probably Cladonia squamosa, a common species, but I would not like to be definite. Other species can mimic it.

Alan