Irish lichens

Belonia nidarosiensis

Order: Gyalectales       Family: Gyalectaceae

Species: Belonia nidarosiensis

Growth type crustose, granular.
Photos: On wall of Inchigeela Protestant church, Cork, SW Ireland

Thin, finely powdery-granular thallus, pinkish-orange or reddish. Usually infertile, when present the scattered ascomata are globose, pale pinkish.

Occurs on dry, shaded, vertical surfaces sheltered from direct rainfall. Found on north and east church walls, also on mortar and limestone. Chemical reactions negative.


Belonia nidarosiensis
Belonia nidarosiensis. On wall of Inchigeela Protestant church. August 2009

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