Baeomycetaceae Baeomyces rufus Growth type crustose or squamulose Chemical results: Thallus K+ yellow, C-, KC+ yellow, P+ orange, UV- Common but often sterile in damp shady situations; gravel, peat or sandy soils, acidic rocks. Granular greenish-grey thallus, becoming sorediate or squamulose. Pinkish-brown apothecia, the stalks pale, +/- translucent or furrowed and sessile. Hymenium dull-pink to reddish brown. Sometimes host to Arthrorhaphis grisea. Similar: Dibaeis baeomyces, K+ yellow turning orange, UV+ orange

Baeomyces rufus
Studland Heath, Dorset. November 2013