Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Pycnothelia papillaria Primary thallus crustose, followed by hollow podetia. Photos: On wet rock on acid heath. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Primary thallus of persistent whitish-grey crustose granules. Hollow, cylindrical, simple or branched podetia tipped with dark pycnidia or brown apothecia. Found in western Ireland on acidic peaty soils on wet moorland. K+ yellow, UV+ blue-white

     



     
Pycnothelia papillaria. Ballingeary area, County Cork. February 2009