Acarospora fuscata
Lichen on a headstone
Acarospora fuscata. A muddy brown crustose lichen on a grave headstone. A common lichen found on nutrient rich sandstone. Examples here are from a headstone dated 1884 in Redmire churchyard, facing west. Another lichen, the pale grey Pertusaria aspergilla, occupies the same stone in roughly equal coverage.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Two lichens, Acarospora fuscata with Pertusaria aspergilla on sandstone headstone, west facing. Churchyard. Redmire. May.
Slide 2: Acarospora fuscata, on sandstone headstone, west facing. Churchyard. Redmire. May.
Slide 3: Acarospora fuscata, covers carving sandstone headstone, west facing. Churchyard. Redmire. May.
Slide 4: Acarospora fuscata. Collected from the churchyard. Redmire. May.