Collema tenax var ceranoides Collemataceae
Enchylium tenax var ceranoides (Collema tenax var. ceranoides)

Growth type foliose
Chemical results negative

Occurs on basic soils, damp gravel paths and sandy tracks.

Tufted or +/- compact thallus with erect digitate lobes, much swollen when wet. Rarely fertile.

Similar: C. tenax var. vulgare is usually very fertile with plumper lobes than those of Collema tenax var. tenax.


Collema tenax var ceranoides


Collema tenax var ceranoides


Collema tenax var ceranoides


Collema tenax var ceranoides
Collema tenax var. ceranoides
Studland and Kingston Lacy, Dorset. April and December 2015

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