Irish lichens
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Order: Lecanorales Family: Micareaceae
Species: Micarea botryoides Photos: Over moss, Glengarriff woods, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. Identified by Andy Acton Thallus usually pale to dark green, straw-coloured in deep shade, thin or granular. Abundant stalked pycnidia, black, usually with white tips. Apothecia are infrequent, spores 0-3 septate. Chemical reactions negative. Occurs under shaded overhangs on rocks, roots and at tree bases, also found overgrowing moss and liverworts. |
Micarea botryoides. March 2010