Irish lichens

Candelariella aurella
Order: Lecanorales       Family: Candelariaceae

Species: Candelariella aurella
Egg-yolk lichen

Growth type crustose.
Photos: On concrete wall. Macroom, Co. Cork, SW Ireland.

Thin, scattered yellow to greenish-yellow granular thallus, sometimes inconspicuous. Thin dark-grey to blackish continuous prothallus. Frequent dispersed or crowded yellow apothecia.

Occurs on urban walls throughout Ireland on man-made substrates; concrete, cement and mortar. K-

Similar: Candelariella vitellina.


Candelariella aurella


Candelariella aurella
Candelariella aurella July 2009

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