Micarea viridileprosa Micareaceae
Micarea viridileprosa

Growth type crustose. Identification by Neil Sanderson
Thallus K-, C+ red, KC+ red, P-, UV-. Apothecia section C +/- red

Probably overlooked, found on acid bark, wood and occasionally soil. Also found on dry heaths among leaf litter below heather and gorse.
BLS conservation evaluation: LC NS

Bright-green, leprose thallus, the goniocytes sometimes coalescing to form a granular crust. Usually sterile.

Similar: Micarea micrococca is C-, M. xanthonica, KC+ orange and Micarea coppinsii has bluish-grey soralia


Micarea viridileprosa


Micarea viridileprosa
Micarea viridileprosa
Wessex Lichen Group Meeting. Holt Heath, Dorset. March 2014

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