Irish lichens
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Order: Peltigerales Family: Collemataceae
Species: Collema cristatum Photos: On limestone in the Burren and on wall, Foynes. Co. Clare and Co. Limerick, Ireland. Identification needs confirming Round, semi-circular or irregular thallus, centre often disintergrating with age. Lobes thinnish, radiating, convoluted, margins wavy, entire or incised. Upper surface dark olive-green to black, lower with white tufts of hapters. Sessile or stalked apothecia with even margins, usually crowded, +/- marginal, sometimes absent. Common throughout Ireland on hard calcareous rocks, mortar and tombstones. Chemical reactions negative. |
Collema cristatum. July 2009