Aspicilia calcarea (L.) Körb., (a lichen)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN


3 Nov 2006 at OSGR: SK05 in Staffs, England

Record Summaryon limestone block in cemented top course of wall
Found asTeliomorph
Date3 November 2006
Habitat featurelimestone wall (cemented)
OS grid refOSGR: SK05
Lat/Lon53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountyStaffs, VC no: 39
CountryEngland

Notes:

Substrate: hard limestone.

Thallus: areolate, white, bright green when scraped, with bluish green marginal prothallus

Apothecia: black, sunken, round becoming polygonal or elonagate, one to several per areole.

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