Order: Peltigerales       Family: Collemataceae Species: Leptogium lichenoides Growth type foliose. Photos: On hazel. The Burren, W Ireland. BLS Burren meeting 2009 Dark brown or grey-brown thallus, dense lobes with numerous cylindrical digitate projections on margins. Lower surface strongly ridged. Rarely fertile, apothecia red-brown with isidiate margins. Occurs among moss on trees, rocks and damp soil in old woodland. Chemical reactions negative Similar: L. gelatinosum, occurs on more calcareous substrates. L. pulvinatum, flattened marginal projections.

Photo above: Leptogium lichenoides. Glengarriff, Co. Cork. May 2009