Fuscidea lightfootii Fuscideaceae
Fuscidea lightfootii

Growth type crustose
Chemical reactions negative, UV+ white or UV-

Frequent on smooth-barked twigs and horizontal branches in wet woodlands and boggy areas. Also found on worked timber

Small circular patches of bright-green to olive-brown warted, often sorediate granules. Black or brownish-black apothecia, flat or slightly convex, margins slightly paler. Asci are 8-spored, the spores simple, 8-11 x 3.5-4.5 µm, medianly constricted, sometimes brown when old.
Microscope photographs below.


Fuscidea lightfootii

Fuscidea lightfootii

Fuscidea lightfootii

Microscope photographs
Fuscidea lightfootii

Fuscidea lightfootii
Fuscidea lightfootii
Studland and Broadstone, Dorset. September 2012, April 2024

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