Irish lichens
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Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Species: Xanthoparmelia loxodes Previously Neofuscelia loxodes. Growth type foliose.Photos: On granite boulder. Black Head, the Burren, Ireland. BLS Burren meeting 2009 Large thallus with shiny, slightly wrinkled, yellowish-brown or brown lobes. Black underside with rhizines not extending to lobe tips. Short, coarse isidia become confluent, erode leaving white patches. Apothecia frequent, margins often isidiate. Occurs on well-lit coastal siliceous rocks and cliffs. Also found inland on rocks, roof slates and wall tops. Cortex K-. Medulla K-, C+/- red, KC+ orange-red, P-, UV+ white Similar: Xanthoparmelia delisei and X. verruculifera |
Xanthoparmelia loxodes April 2009