Candelariaceae Candelariella coralliza Growth type crustose Chemical results negative Found on natural, nutrient-enriched siliceous rocks, particularly those used as bird-perching sites. Deeply cracked, yellow, areolate thallus comprised of densely packed spherical, granular-coralloid granules. Apothecia are occasional, dirty yellowish with granular margins and simple spores. Similar: Candelariella vitellina

Candelariella coralliza
On ironstone. Studland Heath, Dorset. May 2015