Order: Lecanorales       Family: Micareaceae Species: Micarea lignaria var. endoleuca Growth type crustose, granular. Photos: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. C+ yellowish-orange Thallus of scattered or confluent, +/- globose whitish, bluish-grey or grey-green areoles with yellowish tinge. Black or blue-black, immarginate apothecia are convex to +/- globose. Pycnidia absent. Occasional, on mossy, acidic rocks and trees in upland and coastal areas. Most frequently recorded from the north and west of Ireland. Thallus K-, C+ persistent orange, KC+ persistent orange, P- Similar: Micarea lignaria var lignaria. K-, C-, KC-, P+ red

Above Micaria lignaria Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. June 2009