Lecanora barkmaniana Lecanoraceae
Lecanora barkmaniana

Growth type crustose
Chemistry: K+ yellow, C-, P +/- yellow. Thalline margin P-, UV+ orange

A recently described member of the Lecanora subfuscata group.
Probably under-recorded on dusty or nutrient-enriched wayside trees

Pale grey thallus with a paler grey prothallus. Punctiform soralia with pale yellowish-green soredia spread to cover much of the thallus. Apothecia rare, discs pale brown with crenulate margins. Pycnidia absent.

Similar to Lecanora compallens (K-, C-), L. expallens K+ yellow, C+ yellow/orange) and Pyrrhospora quernea K-, C+ orange


Lecanora barkmaniana


Lecanora barkmaniana


Lecanora barkmaniana, fertile


Lecanora barkmaniana, fertile
Lecanora barkmaniana
WLG meeting, Warren Shore, North Solent NNR, Hampshire, November 2013. Holt Heath, Dorset, March 2014

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