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Lichina confinis (Müller) C.Agardh
Thallus fruticose, gelatinous, in compact tufts to 5mm in height. On rocky shores, especially in the north and west, typically from just below high water mark to the splash zone just above high water mark.
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 556; Purvis et al. (1992), 360; Dobson (2005), 252 (photo); Jahns (1983), 234-235 (photo); Nordic Lichen Flora (2007) 3: 60, 187 (photo); Moberg & Holmåson (1984), 168 (photo); Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 205 (photo); Puntillo (1996), plate 23 (photo).
Dried state, on maritime rocks below high water mark, Arbroath, Angus, April 2002
Squash from above colony, showing cells of the cyanobacterial photobiont: Calothrix or Dichothrix
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