Trapeliopsis granulosa Agyriaceae
Trapeliopsis granulosa

Growth type crustose
Chemical results: K-, C+ red, KC+ red, P-, UV+ whitish

Pioneer of burnt heathland, often with Placynthiella uliginosa. Also on acidic moorland soils, decaying mosses and tree stumps, rare on rocks.

Thallus forms patches of whitish, pale-grey or greenish-grey, crowded granules or warted areoles. Large granular soralia are usually present, whitish or creamy-yellow. Apothecia are frequent, the discs variable in colour, pale pink to red-brown, greenish or piebald.

Similar: T. pseudogranulosa. Orange patches K+ purple, apothecia absent


Trapeliopsis granulosa


Trapeliopsis granulosa


Trapeliopsis granulosa
Trapeliopsis granulosa
Studland, Dorset. September 2012

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