Irish lichens

Dimerella lutea

Order: Gyalectales       Family: Coenogoniaceae

Species: Dimerella lutea

Growth type crustose.
Photos: On shaded Willow. The Gearagh, Co. Cork, SW Ireland.

Thallus thin or evanescent, light greenish-grey. Apothecia yellow-orange with paler margins, can appear +/- translucent in very wet conditions, possibly seasonal. Pycnidia are occasional, pale yellow.

Occurs on moss and bark on deciduous trees in shady, damp old woodland. Chemical reactions negative.


Dimerella lutea


Dimerella lutea


Dimerella lutea
Dimerella lutea. September 2009

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