Order: Lecanorales       Family: Lecanoraceae Species: Lecanora barkmaniana Growth type crustose. Photo left identified by Brian Coppins Photos: Bantry, Co. Cork and Carrons, Co. Limerick, Ireland. A recently described member of the Lecanora subfuscata group. Finely cracked, powdery, pale greyish thallus with a paler whitish-grey prothallus. Punctiform soralia with pale yellowish-green soredia spread to cover much of the thallus. Apothecia rare, discs pale brown with crenulate greyish margins. Pycnidia are absent. Thallus K+ yellow, C-, P-, rarely P+ yellow, UV+ orange Found on dusty or nutrient-enriched wayside trees. Scattered distribution in Ireland, but probably under-recorded. Similar: L. compallens, K-, C-. L. expallens, K+ yellow, C+ orange

Lecanora barkmaniana May 2010 and September 2019