Irish lichens
Bagliettoa parmigera s lat, Bagliettoa baldensis, Verrucaria baldensis Order: Verrucariales       Family: Verrucariaceae

Species: Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat., (Bagliettoa baldensis, Verrucaria baldensis)

BLS map Most material previously recorded as Bagliettoa baldensis now belongs in Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat.
N.B: Records for Bagliettoa baldensis s. str. are restricted to those confirmed from sequence data

Uncracked matt white or pale grey thallus with narrow dark prothallus. Abundant small, almost immersed perithecia which leave small pits in thallus when they decay. Ostioles with 3 to 6 radiating cracks (20x lens). Host to Opegrapha rupestris

Common, widespread throughout Ireland on hard limestone rocks and memorials and on mortar. Chemical reactions negative.


Bagliettoa parmigera s lat, Verrucaria baldensis

Bagliettoa parmigera s lat

Bagliettoa parmigera s lat
Bagliettoa parmigera s lat (Verrucaria baldensis). On limestone rocks. The Burren, W Ireland. BLS Burren meeting April 2009

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