Verrucaria halizoa is a widespread species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Verrucariaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1871 by William Allport Leighton. The lichen has a thin, superficial thallus that is pale olive-green to brown in colour; it lacks ridges or . The thallus is somewhat gelatinous, and more or less translucent when moist. It grows in shaded nooks and crannies among seashore rocks, in the mid-littoral zone. The widely distributed species occurs in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, the subantarctic islands, and Antarctica.

See also

List of Verrucaria species

References

halizoa

Lichen species

Lichens described in 1871

Lichens of the Antarctic

Lichens of Asia

Lichens of Australia

Lichens of Europe

Lichens of North America

Taxa named by William Allport Leighton

Verrucaria halizoa