Lecidella scabra Lecanoraceae
Lecidella scabra

Growth type crustose
Chemical results: K+ yellow, soredia C+ orange

Common on acidic walls and rocks. Also found on slightly base-rich rocks and occasionally on weathered or dusty wood and tree bases.

Thin or roughly granular grey thallus, often tinged greenish. Delimited soralia become confluent, bluish-green or yellow-green, grey-green when rubbed. Apothecia infrequent with black discs, soralia reduced when present.

Similar: Can be confused with Lecanora pannonica (also C+) and infertile sorediate Lecania erysibe (C-)


Lecidella scabra

Lecidella scabra

Lecidella scabra
Lecidella scabra
Westbourne and Wareham, Dorset. February 2013, December 2016

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