Ramalinaceae
Bacidina delicata (Bacidia delicata) Growth type crustose Chemical results negative Found on shaded rocks and stonework and on basic bark, often over-growing mosses. Finely granular pale green to fawn thallus with whitish to pale pink apothecia. Spores 3-7 septate, (21-)24-48 × 1-1.5(-2) µm. Pycnidia +/- immersed, the curved conidia 21-40 × 1 µm. Paraphyses with swollen tips, to 5 µm wide. Microscope photograph below. Similar: Bacidia phacodes |
Microscope photograph
Bacidia delicata
On Elder. Studland Heath, Dorset. May 2015