Irish lichens
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Order: Incertae sedis Family: Incertae sedis
Species: Blarneya hibernica Photos: Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry, SW Ireland. Identified by John Douglass Initially lichenicolous taking over host's algae. Later forms an independent web-like, pale pinkish-white, cottony thallus often encrusted with crystals. Cushion-like pale creamy-yellow sporodochia are usually present, apothecia absent. First described in 1980. Rare, in old woodland on Enterographa and Lecanactis species towards the base of sheltered Oak and Holly. Recorded in Ireland from Co. Waterford and Co. Kerry. Thallus and sporodochia K-, C+/- brief red, KC+/- red, P-, UV+ glaucous |
Blarneya hibernica November 2009