Irish lichens
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Order: Lecanorales Family: Micareaceae
Species: Micarea peliocarpa Photos: Ballingeary area, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. Specimen identified by John Douglass Very variable. Thallus immersed or of small, grey or greenish-grey, convex or sub-globose granules. Apothecia variable, white, blue-grey or black. When on wood or bark pycnidia can be frequent. Found on acidic substrates, rocks, bark and heather stems. Usually upland, to 500m. Thallus, apothecia, pycnidia: K-, C +/- red, P- Similar: Micarea lignaria |
Micarea peliocarpa. October 2009