Order: Peltigerales       Family: Peltigeraceae Species: Peltigera membranaceae Growth type foliose. Photos: Among moss on wall and rocks. Ballingeary, Cork, Ireland. Large, white-tomentose, greyish lobes, becoming brown when wet. Lobes are rounded and +/- bullate with vein pattern visible on upper surface. Under-surface with prominent veins and +/- bottle-brush shaped rhizines. Large red-brown apothecia. Isidia absent. Common throughout Ireland on moss, rocks and trees. Chemical reactions negative. Sometimes confused with Peltigera canina which is rare, occurring on sandy, +/- basic soils and among dunes

     


Peltigera membranaceae. Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. December 2008 and February 2009