Order: Peltigerales       Family: Peltigeraceae Species: Peltigera hymenina Growth type foliose. Photos: Among moss on acid rock. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Smooth, +/- shiny lobes with ascending margins are grey-brown, becoming greenish-brown when wet. Underside is cream to light-brownish with faint, flattened veins and simple rhizines with tufted tips. Abundant erect, reddish-brown apothecia. Common on acid rock and soil, tree stumps, peat, sand. Often occurs among short grass. Chemical reactions negative.

     
Peltigera hymenina. Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. December 2008 and June 2009