Order: Caliciales       Family: Caliciaceae Species: Orcularia insperata (Rinodina biloculata) Growth type crustose Photos: On Weigela. Knockgorm, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. A thin greyish-green thallus with small (to 0.3mm diam) black discs. The hypothecium is brown, spores are 1-septate, 11-19 x 6-9 µm and thickened at the septum. Micrographs below. Chemical results negative Usually found on soft, basic bark of Elder, Elm or Buddleia. As the apothecia are very small it is easily missed and possibly under-recorded. Similar: Amandinea punctata and Catillaria nigroclavata

Microscope photograph



Orcularia insperata (Rinodina biloculata). May 2012