Irish lichens

Lecanora campestris
Order: Lecanorales       Family: Lecanoraceae

Species: Lecanora campestris

Growth type crustose.
Photos: On stone wall. Courtmacsherry, Cork, SW Ireland.

Greyish-white, warted or areolate thallus usually with fimbriate white prothallus. Large chestnut to dark-brownish apothecia are crowded in centre of thallus. Smooth margins, contorted with age.

Frequent on basic to calcareous stone and walls, also found on nutrient-enriched acidic wood and rocks.
K+ yellow, C-, P- or P+ very pale yellow, UV- or UV+ dull orange


Lecanora campestris


Lecanora campestris


Lecanora campestris
Photo immediately above: Lecanora campestris on shaded wall. Gougane Barra, Co.Cork. Identified by John Douglass

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