Physcia leptalea Physciaceae
Physcia leptalea

Growth type foliose
Chemical results: Cortex: K+ yellow

Often coastal, also found inland on well-lit basic-barked, nutrient-rich twigs and branches.

Usually abundantly fertile, the dark apothecia with thick margins, discs +/- pruinose. Thallus is light grey with long, narrow lobes, pseudocyphellate and with prominent cilia. White under-surface with some scattered rhizines. Soredia are absent.

Similar: Both P. tenella and P. adscendens are sorediate


Physcia leptalea


Physcia leptalea


Physcia leptalea
Physcia leptalea
On wooden fence. East Stoke, Dorset. December 2015

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