Parmeliaceae Usnea esperantiana Growth type fruticose Chemical results: Medulla: K+ yellow > red, C-, KC-, P+ red Can be locally frequent on small branches and twigs of deciduous trees and shrubs in the south and west of England and Ireland, often in well-lit exposed situations and orchards. BLS conservation evaluation: NT NR Sc IR Small, usually erect thallus, base not blackened, medulla +/- lax. The thin, twisted, scabrid branchlets are not or only slightly constricted, tips either curled or contorted and covered with irregular, excavate soralia. Isidia absent, apothecia very rare.

Usnea esperantiana
Studland and Broadstone, Dorset. August 2013, January 2025