Lecanora intricata Lecanoraceae
Lecanora intricata

Growth type crustose
Chemical results: K +/- pale yellow, C-, KC+ yellow, P-, UV +/- dull orange

Widespread, usually found on siliceous rocks and walls, occasional on worked timber

Well-developed yellowish-green or greyish, areolate thallus with one or several immersed apothecia in each areole. Discs green, green-brown or greenish-black, the margins initially entire and slightly raised before becoming flexose and excluded. Spores (8-)10-14(-15) x (4.5-)5-7 µm.

Similar: Lecanora polytropa. Thallus of scattered areoles, discs pale yellow to pale yellowish-green (never black)


Lecanora intricata
Lecanora intricata
Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. February 2014

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