Irish lichens

Caloplaca maritima
Order: Teloschistales       Family: Teloschistaceae

Species: Flavoplaca maritima (Caloplaca maritima)

Growth type crustose
Photos: On coastal rock. Snave, Cork, SW Ireland.

Very similar to Caloplaca marina but has a yellowish areolate thallus with pale yellowish-white prothallus. Numerous waxy yellowish-orange or deep-yellow apothecia.
K+ crimson / purple.

Probably very under-recorded but can form large patches on coastal rocks, concrete and walls. Found higher on the shoreline than Caloplaca marina and can extend slightly inland.


     

Caloplaca maritima

Caloplaca maritima
Caloplaca maritima on coastal rock. Snave, Co.Cork. February 2009

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