Order: Lecanorales       Family: Parmeliaceae Species: Menegazzia terebrata Treeflute Growth type foliose. Photos: On Oak and wooden rails. Glengarrif woods, Cork, Ireland. Hollow grey or greenish thallus with radiating lobes perforated with many small holes. Margins with globose soredia. Apothecia are infrequent, discs chestnut coloured. An 'Old forest' indicator species occurring on shaded trees and damp mossy woodland rocks in the west of Ireland. Cortex K+ yellow. Medulla K+ yellow, P+ yellow-orange

     



Menegazzia terebrata. Glengarriff woods, Co.Cork. January 2009