Protoblastenia rupestris
Thallus thin, greenish, pale to orange-grey, or grey-brown, areolate; apothecia pale to deep orange, often strongly convex, not set in pits.
On chalk and limestone rocks, concrete, mortar of old walls and similar calcareous substrates.
All year round.
Widespread and often common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir, outflow
05 January 2023
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Psoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 15/06/2013 (Ivan Pedley)
- Last record:
- 05/01/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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