Glaucomaria carpinea
A crust forming lichen with a thin white to greyish thallus and white prothallus. Apothecia with brownish-grey discs covered by thick white pruina.
Found on the twigs, branches and young trunks of smooth barked deciduous trees, very rarely occurs on stonework.
All year round.
Widespread and fairly frequent in much of Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Warren Hills, Charnwood
28 March 2023
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
17 February 2013
David Nicholls
Warren Hills
21 January 2021
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
17 February 2013
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Lecanoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 17/02/2013 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 28/03/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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