Irish lichens

Toninia

Order: Lecanorales       Family: Bacidiaceae

Species: Q Toninia

Growth type crustose
Photos: On estuary rocks. Co. Waterford, SW Ireland.

Identification needed
Either Toninia mesoidea or just Toninia aromatica

Spores 3-septate, some bent, 15-20 x 5-6µm, the paraphyses dark capped. Microscope photograph below.


Toninia

Microscope photograph
Toninia


Toninia
Toninia sp. April 2012

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