Irish lichens

Pseudephebe pubescens

Order: Lecanorales       Family: Parmeliaceae

Species: Pseudephebe pubescens
Fine rockwool

Growth type fruticose.
Photos: On acidic upland rock. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland.

Occurs in windswept mountainous sites on exposed siliceous rocks. Chemical reactions negative.

Identification very uncertain, needs confirming or correcting. Photographs are probably of Ephebe lanata


Pseudephebe pubescens


Pseudephebe pubescens






Pseudephebe pubescens. July 2008

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