Order: Lecanorales       Family: Lecanoraceae Species: Lecanora fugiens Growth type crustose. Photos: On coastal rock near Bantry, Cork, SW Ireland. Identification needs confirming Thallus light yellowish to yellow-brown, granular, areolate or sometimes evanescent. Yellowish-brown apothecia, often pruinose, with contorted persistent margins that can become crenulate. Occurs on well-lit acidic maritime rocks in the 'grey zone'. Thallus: K+ pale yellow, C+ orange, UV+ orange. Apothecia: P+ orange-red

     



Lecanora fugiens. On coastal rock, Bantry, County Cork. December 2008