a number of rare species of myxomycete fungus have been recorded in the park. these are "collaria arcyrionema", "craterium muscorum", "cribraria microcarpa" (the only known location in ireland), "c. rufa", "c. violacea", "diderma chondrioderma", "d. lucidum", "d. ochraceum", "fuligo muscorum", and "licea marginata". the park has a highly diverse lichen flora.