Order: Peltigerales       Family: Peltigeraceae Species: Peltigera praetextata Growth type foliose. Photos: Among moss on acidic rock. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Large grey-brown lobes with grey-white tomentum and bullate surface. Very similar to P. membranacea but lobe margins and thallus cracks are covered with dense brown-grey isidia. Underside with simple rhizines. Isidia are often +/- absent when fertile. Occurs among moss on damp, sheltered rocks, soil and trees in damp woodland. Chemical reactions negative. Similar: Peltigera membranacea

Peltigera praetextata. February, April and July 2009