Order: Teloschistales       Family: Teloschistaceae Species: Xanthoria aureola (Xanthoria ectaneoides) Growth type: Foliose. Photos: On coastal rocks. Cork, SW Ireland. Very similar to Xanthoria parietina but the lobes are narrower, strap-like, adpressed and not or only slightly overlapping. Apothecia are occasional, usually absent. Ellipsoid conidia. Coastal in 'orange' and 'grey' zones, also found on old buildings near coast. Rare on exposed upland calcareous rocks. K+ crimson Xanthoria calcicola has a densely isidiate thallus

     


Xanthoria aureola (Xanthoria ectaneoides). County Cork. December 2008 and January 2009