Order: Lecanorales       Family: Cladoniaceae Species: Cladonia angustiloba Primary thallus squamulose, secondary thallus fruticose. Photos: Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Identified by Neil Sanderson Persistent primary thallus, the long, narrow, yellowish-green lobes with scattered marginal pycnidia on the basal lobes. The infrequent yellowish podetia are often squamulose, tips slightly tomentose with single scyphi. Apothecia infrequent, globose, pale to dark brown. An oceanic species widespread in the Azores and first recorded in Ireland by Neil Sanderson (2015). Usually on thin, acidic soils over rocks. K-, KC+ yellow, P+ red, UV-. Many specimens contain zeorin. Neil Sanderson considers that potentially most Cladonia foliacea records from the west coast of Ireland are Cladonia angustiloba

Cladonia angustiloba. Ballingeary, Co. Cork. March 2009