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Order: Lecanorales
Family: Lecanoraceae
Species: Lecanora varia Photos: On wooden post. Ballineen, Cork, SW Ireland. Identification very uncertain, needs confirming or correcting Scattered yellow-grey to grey-green granules, sometimes forming areolate crust. Crowded yellow-brown or green-brown apothecia. Distorted 2-layer thalline margin over-arches young discs. Early coloniser of sawn wood, fences, tops of posts, hardwood gates. Usually on well-lit horizontal surfaces. K- or K+ pale yellow, P+ yellow |
Lecanora varia on wooden fence post. March 2009