Lichens

Between 1991-5, a survey of the lichens growing in the Old Churchyard was conducted by the British Lichen Society. A total of 86 different types were recorded. The database of the types is reproduced here by the kind permission of the British Lichen Society.

 

Surveyed 1991-1995

Records from Don Smith's database but shows recorders as Norman & Florence Hammond and N. Barker.

Taxon Name Substrate Codes Record Notes
Acarospora fuscata Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Amandinea punctata Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Aspicilia caesiocinerea Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Aspicilia calcarea Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Aspicilia leprosescens Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Buellia aethalea Sax SGr; SSd; XHd granite; sandstone; headstone
Caloplaca aurantia Sax SMo; XBw; XX mortar; boundary wall; church
Caloplaca citrina sensu lato Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Caloplaca crenularia Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Caloplaca decipiens Sax SSd; XX sandstone; church
Caloplaca flavescens Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Caloplaca holocarpa Sax SMo; XX mortar; church
Caloplaca saxicola Sax SMo; XHd; XX mortar; headstone; church
Caloplaca verruculifera Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Candelariella aurella f. aurella Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Candelariella coralliza Sax SSd; XCht; XX sandstone; chest tomb; church
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Clauzadea monticola Sax SMo; XBw mortar; boundary wall
Diploicia canescens Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Diploschistes scruposus Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Diplotomma alboatrum Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Diplotomma chlorophaeum Sax SMo; XBw; XX mortar; boundary wall; church
Fuscidea cyathoides var. cyathoides Sax SSd; XBw sandstone; boundary wall
Hypocenomyce scalaris Sax SSd; XHd sandstone; headstone
Lecania erysibe Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecania turicensis Sax SMo; XX mortar; church
Lecanora albescens Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris Sax SMa; XHd marble; headstone
Lecanora chlarotera Cort CA tree
Lecanora conferta Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides Sax SSd; XHd sandstone; headstone
Lecanora dispersa Sax SSd; XBw; XHd; XX sandstone; boundary wall; headstone; church
Lecanora expallens Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecanora gangaleoides Sax SSd; XX sandstone; church
Lecanora intricata Sax SGr; XHd granite; headstone
Lecanora muralis Sax SSl; XHd slate; headstone
Lecanora orosthea Sax SSd; XHd sandstone; headstone
Lecanora polytropa Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecanora rupicola var. rupicola Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecanora soralifera Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecanora sulphurea Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecidea fuscoatra Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Lecidella scabra Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Lecidella stigmatea Sax SMo; XBw; XX mortar; boundary wall; church
Lepraria incana sensu lato Sax SSd; XBw; XHd; XX sandstone; boundary wall; headstone; church
Melanelixia fuliginosa Sax SSd; XBw; XHd; XX sandstone; boundary wall; headstone; church
Myriospora smaragdula Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Ochrolechia androgyna Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Ochrolechia parella Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Opegrapha calcarea Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Parmelia saxatilis Sax SSd; SSl; XHd sandstone; slate; headstone
Parmelia sulcata Sax SSd; SSl; XHd sandstone; slate; headstone
Pertusaria albescens var. corallina Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Pertusaria amara f. amara Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Pertusaria pseudocorallina Sax SSd; XCht; XX sandstone; chest tomb; church
Phaeophyscia orbicularis Sax SMo; XHd; XX mortar; headstone; church
Phlyctis argena Sax SSd; XBw sandstone; boundary wall
Physcia adscendens Sax SMo; XHd; XX mortar; headstone; church
Physcia caesia Sax SMa; SSl; XHd marble; slate; headstone
Physcia dubia Sax SSd; XHd sandstone; headstone
Physcia tenella subsp. tenella Cort+Sax CA; SSl; XHd tree; slate; headstone
Physconia grisea Sax SSl; XHd slate; headstone
Polysporina simplex Sax SSd; XX sandstone; church
Porpidia macrocarpa f. macrocarpa Sax SSl; XHd slate; headstone
Porpidia tuberculosa Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Psilolechia leprosa Sax SSd; XHd sandstone; headstone
Punctelia subrudecta sensu lato Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Ramalina siliquosa Sax SGr; SSd; XHd granite; sandstone; headstone
Rhizocarpon geographicum Sax SGr; XHd granite; headstone
Rhizocarpon petraeum Sax SSl; XBw; XHd slate; boundary wall; headstone
Rhizocarpon reductum Sax SGr; XBw; XHd granite; boundary wall; headstone
Rhizocarpon richardii Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Rinodina atrocinerea Sax SSd; SSl; XHd sandstone; slate; headstone
Rinodina gennarii Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Scoliciosporum umbrinum Sax SSd; XCht sandstone; chest tomb
Tephromela atra var. atra Sax SSd; XCht; XHd sandstone; chest tomb; headstone
Trapelia coarctata Sax SSd; XCht; XHd sandstone; chest tomb; headstone
Trapelia glebulosa Sax SSd; XHd; XX sandstone; headstone; church
Verrucaria baldensis Sax SMo; XBw; XX mortar; boundary wall; church
Verrucaria hochstetteri Sax SMo; XBw mortar; boundary wall
Verrucaria nigrescens Sax SMa; XHd marble; headstone
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii Sax SSd; XBw; XX sandstone; boundary wall; church
Xanthoria calcicola Sax SMo; XBw; XX mortar; boundary wall; church
Xanthoria candelaria sensu lato Sax SGr; SSd; XHd granite; sandstone; headstone
Xanthoria parietina Sax SMa; SSl; XHd marble; slate; headstone
Xanthoria polycarpa Cort CA tree
Photograph of Portpatrick old parish church graveyard

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Portpatrick old parish church was built in 1628-29 and continued in use until 1842. The adjacent graveyard continued to be used for burial until the later 19th century.

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