Rocky Shore Intertidal
Feeding:
Producer
Producer
Distribution:
New Zealand
New Zealand
Edibility:
Unknown Edibility
Unknown Edibility
Size:
Outstretched Arm Sized
Outstretched Arm Sized
A yellow splash zone lichen, sometimes cup shaped fruiting bodies can be seen.
A splash zone lichen, usually found above high tide.
A producer.
Lichens are a symbiotic group of organisms. They are a relationship between a fungus and either an alga or a cyanobacteria. Photo Credit; Jean McKinnon