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Physcia tribacioides Physciaceae
Physcia tribacioides

Chemical results: Cortex and medulla K+ yellow

Scarce on well-lit, nutrient-rich wayside trees in S England and Ireland. Very rarely recorded from rocks.
BLS conservation evaluation: VU C1, D1 NS P Eng Wa S8

Thallus adpressed, the +/- overlapping grey-white lobes without pseudocyphellae. Marginal lobes widen and notched at tips, under surface pale whitish-brown, rhizines sparse. Abundant convex, +/- hemispherical, laminal soralia can cover centre of thallus. Red-brown apothecia rare

Similar: Physcia tribacia, cortex K+ yellow, medulla K- and Phaeophyscia orbicularis


Physcia tribacioides

Physcia tribacioides

Physcia tribacioides

Physcia tribacioides
Physcia tribacioides
Knoll car park, Studland and on gravestone, East Holme, Dorset. May and December 2015

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