Irish lichens

Peltigera leucophlebia

Order: Peltigerales       Family: Peltigeraceae

Species: Peltigera leucophlebia

Growth type foliose
All photographs © Shane Dunne. The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland.

The large, wavy lobes are grey-brown when dry but turn bright green when wet and have dark wart-like cephalodia tightly attached to the upper surface. The undersurface is pale near the margins but dark in the centre with dark rhizines and a network of dark veins. Apothecia are infrequent, the spores 3-7 septate.

Usually found among mossy, calcareous rocks with most Irish records from Counties Clare and Sligo

Similar: Peltigera britannica is very rare with loosely attached cephalodia, no network of dark veins under the lobes and has never been found fertile in Europe


Peltigera leucophlebia

Peltigera leucophlebia

Peltigera leucophlebia

Peltigera leucophlebia
Peltigera leucophlebia. The Burren, Co. Clare. January 2023

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