Evidence of settlement by aboriginal people can still be seen along the coast.
Perhaps, Captain Tobias Furneaux named the bay after these fiery red rocks.
The algae provides food by photosynthesis, while the fungus provides a protected environment for the algae.
The combined life form has properties that are very different from the properties of its component organisms.
But in some lichens, the thallus is difficult to distinguish.
As a result many lichens remain unclassified.
