Irish lichens
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Order: Lecanorales Family: Lecanoraceae
Species: Myriolecis albescens (Lecanora albescens) Photos: On concrete post. Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. Small patches of convex, white or occasionally very pale grey areoles, sometimes notched or almost placodioid at margins. Abundant crowded, greenish or pink-brown, +/- white pruinose apothecia. Disc margins are persistent, even, crenulate or wavy. Common and widespread on well-lit mortar, concrete, paving stones, memorials and hard calcareous rocks. Chemical reactions negative. |
Lecanora albescens October 2009