Order: Teloschistales       Family: Teloschistaceae Species: Caloplaca holocarpa Growth type crustose. Photos: On churchyard memorial and wall. Co. Cork, Ireland. Identification needs confirming Crowded yellow to orange discs, thallus +/- absent. Discs convex with concolous margins which become excluded with age. Occurs mainly on siliceous stone and rocks. Apothecia: K+ crimson / purple. Part of a group of similar species. C. oasis is found on calcareous stones and mortar. C. pyracea occurs on bark.

Caloplaca holocarpa December 2008 and July 2009