Porpidia soredizodes Porpidiaceae
Porpidia soredizodes

Growth type crustose
Chemical results: Soredia K+ yellow, C-, P+ orange

Found on siliceous rocks and pebbles, brick walls and gravestones.

Grey or creamy-grey patches of thallus surrounded by a black prothallus. Round or irregular soralia with greyish-white or greyish, farinose or granular soredia. Apothecia rare. The sorediate counterpart of Porpidia crustulata


Porpidia soredizodes


Porpidia soredizodes
Porpidia soredizodes
WLG meeting, Warren Shore, North Solent NNR, Hampshire. November 2013

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