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Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Species: Aspicilia cinerea agg. Photos: On coastal rock. Toormore, Cork, SW Ireland. Identification needs confirming Thallus is greyish or greenish-brown, often with a grey prothallus. Areoles cracked and warted. Immersed flat black apothecia with persistent margins. Soredia and isidia are absent. K+ red, P+ orange Probably an aggregate of species occuring on flat, nutrient-rich, well-lit siliceous rocks. |
Aspicilia cinerea agg. January 2009