Irish lichens
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Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Species: Usnea cornuta Photos: On Birch trunk. Bantry, Cork, SW Ireland. Not blackened at base. Side branches markedly constricted where joining main stem, few pale annulations. Smooth cortex with small white dots developing insidia and granular soredia. Widespread on +/- shaded tree trunks, also on rocks in woodland. Two chemical races. Medulla K+ yellow or orange-red, P+ orange or K+ red, P+ orange to red. |
Usnea cornuta