Order: Lecanorales       Family: Ramalinaceae Species: Solenopsora holophaea Growth type squamulose. Photos: On coastal rock. Bantry area, Cork, SW Ireland. Thallus of overlapping brownish-beige squamules that become greener when wet. Pale rhizines. Sessile chestnut to blackish apothecia that become convex with margins +/- excluded. Coastal on damp, shaded, often vertical mortar and soft rocks. Also on soil and in crevices. Chemical reactions negative. Similar: Psora lurida. Limestone and calcareous rocks and soil.

Solenopsora holophaea. December 2008 and June 2009