Lecanoraceae Lecanora varia Growth type crustose Chemistry: K- or K+ pale yellow, C-, usually P+ yellow, UV+ dull orange Can be locally frequent on wood and timber, rare on bark. Often found with Lecanora symmicta (photographs below). Thallus of rounded yellowish-grey to dark grey-green granules which can form a thickened, areolate crust. Apothecia can be scattered or clustered, the discs pale pink-brown to greenish-brown. The apothecia are sometimes host to the lichenicolous Ramboldia insidiosa. Similar: Lecanora conizaeoides. Soredia present, P+ orange

Lecanora varia
On wood. Studland Heath and Upton, Dorset. June 2015, December 2016