Order: Pertusariales       Family: Icmadophilaceae Species: Dibaeis baeomyces Growth type crustose. Photos: In pockets of wet peaty soil on acidic rock. Inchigeela, Cork, SW Ireland. Identification by Mike Simms Coarsely granular greenish-grey thallus developing scaly white or pinkish schizidia. Sometimes sorediate. Short-stalked apothecia with globular pale pinkish hymenium. K+ yellow turning orange, C-, KC+ orange, P+ orange, UV+ orange Occurs on peaty soils and disturbed tracks on damp heaths. Similar: Baeomyces rufus. K+ yellow, UV-

     


Dibaeis baeomyces on peat. Near Inchigeela, Co.Cork. January 2009