Irish lichens
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Order: Peltigerales Family: Lobariaceae
Species: Sticta ciliata Photos: BLS meeting 2009. Cathair Chomain, The Burren, Co. Clare Young thalli are flat with sparse or abundant simple white marginal cilia. Mature thalli have more rounded grey-brown to dark brown lobes with recurved margins. Abundant laminal isidia always present but apothecia are rare, with ciliate margins Probably fairly widespread among moss on trees and rocks in moist, sheltered sites in hyperoceanic areas of Ireland and Britain One of four splits of Sticta fuliginosa into Sticta fuliginosa s. str., S. atlantica, S. ciliata and S. fuliginoides. It is thought that most (or possibly all) fertile specimens of the Sticta fuliginosa aggregate are Sticta ciliata. Link to descriptions by Neil Sanderson |
Sticta ciliata. April 2009