Caloplaca ochracea (Schaer.) Flagey, (a lichen)


6 Nov 2006 at OSGR: SK15 in Derby, England

Record Summaryon large limestone boulder, embedded in the ground
Found asTeliomorph
Date6 November 2006
OS grid refOSGR: SK15
Lat/Lon53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountyDerby, VC no: 57
CountryEngland

Notes:

Substrate: hard limestone.

Thallus: granular, pale yellow.

Apothecia: orange, superficial, with lecanorine margins, K+ crimson.

Ascospores: navicular, 4-loculate, 15.5/6µm.

Black growth is probably a parasitic dematiaceous anamorphic fungus.

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