Order: Peltigerales       Family: Pannariaceae Species: Degelia ligulata Growth type foliose. Photos: On soil in coastal rock crevice. Eyries, Cork, SW Ireland. Identification confirmed by Mike Simms Very similar to D. atlantica and D. plumbea but with numerous elongate schizidia (flattened to spoon-shaped isidia). Schizidia often blackened at tips. Apothecia very rare, disc brown to black. Part of the Macaronesian element in British and Irish lichen flora. Occurs in rock crevices, on soil and occasionally at base of coastal trees and shrubs. Rare, mainly found on north-western Irish coasts. Chemical reactions negative.

Degelia ligulata habitat. June 2009