Pertusaria albescens var corallina Ochrolechiaceae
Lepra albescens var. corallina (Pertusaria albescens var. corallina)

Growth type crustose
Chemical reactions negative. Taste-test for oxalic acid negative

Widespread, over-grows mosses on bark and sheltered stones.

Similar to P. albescens var. albescens but has coarse, poorly defined, knotted, warted or granular soralia and a thickened thallus.

Similar: Pertusaria amara. Taste test positive


Pertusaria albescens var corallina


Pertusaria albescens var corallina
Pertusaria albescens var corallina
On Oak. Upton Park, Dorset. January 2013

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