Circinaria contorta
Thallus of scattered to confluent, chalky-grey, more or less rounded, convex areoles, margin of thallus effuse, with dispersed areoles; apothecia one or more per areole.
Common on base-rich rocks, also as a ‘chewing-gum lichen’ forming circular colonies on pavements.
All year round.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Groby Pool car park
07 February 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pertusariales
- Family:
- Megasporaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 14/07/2017 (Pedley, Ivan)
- Last record:
- 07/02/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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