Irish lichens
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Family: Lichinaceae
Species: Lempholemma botryosum Photos: Near Doolin, the Burren, Co. Clare, W Ireland Greenish-black to brownish-black, minutely tufted and cushion-forming thallus, comprised of bundles of cylindrical lobes, their surfaces minutely longitudinally striate and the apices only slightly swollen. Thallus becomes black and +/- brittle when dry. Apothecia are unknown in Britain and Ireland. Occurs on periodically wet and exposed hard calcareous rocks, often in temporary water-filled depressions in limestone pavements. Most Irish records are from the Burren, Co. Clare Similar: L. cladodes has lobes with conspicuously swollen ends |
Lempholemma botryosum. June 2016