Gyalectaceae Gyalecta carneola (Pachyphiale carneola) Growth type crustose Chemical results negative An 'Ancient woodland' indicator species, found on shaded, +/- rough-barked, mature trees in established woodlands. Thin whitish-grey thallus with numerous concave orange-brown apothecia with raised, entire margins, discs translucent when wet. Asci 16-48 spored, the spores 9-15 septate, 38-80 x 3-5 µm with pointed ends. Paraphyses are +/- hooked at their tips. Micrographs below. Similar: Thelopsis rubella, asci with 100-150 smaller, 3-septate spores

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Pachyphiale carneola
Kings Wood, Badbury Rings, Dorset. April 2016