Natural History Photographs


The dry pine forest is not the richest habitat on Tenerife, but it covers quite an extensive area, and is less interfered with than some other habitats. So I decided to take a look at it, despite the somewhat uninviting outer appearance.
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
Nederlands:Oranje wimpermos
English:Gold-eye lichen
Deutsch:Goldaugenflechte
Daphne gnidium
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:dafne gnidio, erba corsa, gnidio, pepe montano
Español:bufalaga, chorovisco, matagallina, matapollera, matapollo, matapulgas, torvisco,
torvisquera, trovisco
Leprocaulon microscopicum
Deutsch:Spangrüne Korallenflechte
Diploschistes diacapsis
Deutsch:Steppen-Krugflechte
Ochrolechia parella
Nederlands:Steentandpastakorst
English:White Crottle
Deutsch:Stein-Cremeflechte
Svenska:mångfruktig örnlav