Lecania atrynoides Ramalinaceae
Lecania atrynoides

Growth type crustose
Chemical results negative

Local, coastal distribution in crevices and below underhangs on exposed siliceous rocks. BLS conservation evaluation: LC NS

Smooth whitish to pale brown, rimose-areolate thallus with scattered, irregular apothecia. Discs red-brown to blackish becoming +/- translucent and brown-speckled when wet. Spores 0-1 septate, 10-14(-16) x 4.5-6 µm. Microscope photographs below.


Lecania atrynoides


Lecania atrynoides

Microscope photographs
Lecania atrynoides


Lecania atrynoides
Lecania atrynoides
Canford Cliffs and Studland, Dorset. January 2013 and 2015

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