Caloplaca ochracea Teloschistaceae
Xanthocarpia ochracea (Caloplaca ochracea)

Chemical results: K+ crimson

Inland and coastal distribution on hard, natural limestone.

Thin yellow-white or pale-yellow thallus, the dark orange-yellow apothecia concave or flat (never convex) with thick, slightly paler margins. Spores become 4-loculate when mature, 12-15 x 5-7 µm.

Similar: C. dalmatica. Finely areolate thallus, spores remaining 2-celled


Caloplaca ochracea

Caloplaca ochracea

Caloplaca ochracea
Caloplaca ochracea
On limestone, Portland, Dorset. February 2016

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