Order:       Family: Baeomycetaceae Species: Baeomyces rufus Growth type crustose or squamulose Photos: On shaded acidic rock. Ballingeary, Cork, SW Ireland. Granular greenish-grey thallus, becoming sorediate or squamulose. Apothecia on pale, almost translucent stalks or furrowed and more/less sessile. Dull-pink to reddish brown hymenium. Common throughout Ireland in damp shady situations; gravel, peat or sandy soils, acidic rocks. Thallus: K+ yellow, KC+ yellow, P+ orange, UV- Host to Arthrorhaphis grisea

     






Baeomyces rufus. On acidic rock, Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. December 2008