Order: Lecanorales       Family: Parmeliaceae Species: Hypotrachyna sinuosa Growth type foliose. Photos: On rock and Oak trunk. Co. Cork, SW Ireland. Smooth yellowish-green thallus with narrow, sinuate lobes. Underside black with branched rhizinae that often extend beyond lobe edges. Farinose concolorous soralia. Apothecia unknown. Mainly found in western Ireland on well-lit trees and acidic rocks. Medulla and soredia K+ orange, C-, P+ orange, UV- or +white

     




Hypotrachyna sinuosa. February and November 2009