Order: Teloschistales       Family: Teloschistaceae Species: Variospora thallincola (Caloplaca thallincola) Growth type placodioid (crustose with lobed margins) Photos: On coastal rocks. Co. Cork, SW Ireland. Thallus yellowish-orange to bright orange, areolate in the centre with long convex lobes radiating outwards. Scattered apothecia in centre with margins the same colour as the thallus. K+ crimson / purple. Only found on hard coastal, sheltered, siliceous rocks, often occuring with Verrucaria maura Similar: Caloplaca flavescens.

Caloplaca thallincola. Coastal rocks, Co. Cork. 2008