Irish lichens

Normandina pulchella
Genera incertae sedis

Species: Normandina pulchella
Elf-ear Lichen

Growth type squamulose.
Photos: On mature Salix. The Gearagh, Cork, SW Ireland.

Forms colonies of small grey-green, blue-green or bluish-grey 'ear-shaped' lobes with raised margins. Clusters of paler soredia form on lobe margins and can spread over the whole thallus. Perithecia are occasional, +/- embedded, strongly projecting on underside of thallus.

Common among moss on shaded trees, rare on damp, mossy rocks. Less frequent in east of Ireland. Chemical reactions negative.


Normandina pulchella


Normandina pulchella


Normandina pulchella


Normandina pulchella
Normandina pulchella

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