Brown Cobblestone Lichen vs Flat Wrack

Acarospora fuscata compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Acarosporales (Acarosporales)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Acarosporaceae	Fucaceae
Genus	Acarospora	Fucus
Species	Acarospora fuscata	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Cobblestone Lichen	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and United States.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

Brown Cobblestone Lichen

The Brown Cobblestone Lichen (Acarospora fuscata) is a species in the genus Acarospora. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal