Irish lichens
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Order: Peltigerales
Family: Peltigeraceae
Species: Peltigera praetextata Photos: Among moss on acidic rock. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Identification needs confirming Large grey-brown lobes with grey-white tomentum and bullate surface. Very similar to P. membranacea but lobe margins and thallus cracks 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. |
Peltigera praetextata. February 2009