Lichens in the maltese islands

Lichens 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?

About 200 lichens
have been
recorded 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

Lichens in the maltese islands

Lichens in the maltese islands

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