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Porpidia tuberculosa Porpidiaceae
Porpidia tuberculosa

Growth type crustose
Chemical results negative

Common on exposed siliceous rocks, pebbles, walls and memorials, rare on worked timber.

Very variable. White to bluish-grey thallus, sometimes with a narrow, dark prothallus. The scattered or crowded punctiform soralia are pale grey or greyish-blue. Black apothecia are occasional.

Similar: Porpidia soredizodes. Soredia K+ yellow, C-, P+ orange


Porpidia tuberculosa

Porpidia tuberculosa

Porpidia tuberculosa
Porpidia tuberculosa
November 2013 and January 2016

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