| Epilithic
= living on rocks. The equivalents would be "epixylic"
on wood, or "epidendric"
on trees - both have lots of Google hits. Purists might also distinguish
epicambic
for "on bark" but Google gives no hits, so looks like I've just invented
that one!
Comment
by Malcolm Storey
(BioImages)
on the on UK
Botany (Yahoo Group)
Saproxylic
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March 2005
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Lichens (photographed above) on fallen fences next to the Pixie Footpath adjacent to the horse fields on the way to Mill Hill,
16
March 2005
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ID by Jenny Seabright |
it looks like Flavoparmelia caperata |
Mosses
and lichens (photographed above) on fallen fences
next to the Pixie Footpath
adjacent to the horse fields on the way to Mill
Hill, proved difficult because of their small size and their apparent
preference for the shade.
8 February
2005
A
spell of sunshine around midday at sea level turned to mist on the gentle
Pixie
Footpath climb to Mill
Hill. Not expecting much natural life, my attention was drawn to the
growths on some broken fences that had been left to rot. The various unidentified
mosses, lichens etc. are illustrated below.
Pixie
Cups
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The
fences were to the north at the top of the path as it passed by the large
(three metres high plus) hedge on the southern side that formed the garden
boundary. This means that they were partially in the shade.
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