Irish lichens


Order: Lecanorales       Family: Ramalinaceae

Species: ? Bacidina squamellosa (Bacidia squamellosa)

Growth type squamulose.
Photos: Glengarriff woods, Co. Cork, SW Ireland.
Correction: Algae size not checked so photographs are possibly Micarea prasina s. lat

Pale greenish thallus, comprised of delicate, deeply-cut squamules that resemble branched isidia. Apothecia are usually absent, when present and mature they are similar to those of Dimerella lutea.

Occurs on the bark of deciduous trees in damp, oceanic woodlands, often overgrowing moss or liverworts.

Similar: Sterile, isidiate morphs of Micarea micrococca





March 2010

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