Lecidella scabra
Thallus a pale- to dark-grey, cracked crust, initially with scattered greenish soralia but the whole thallus commonly becoming green-sorediate; apothecia small, black, concave to convex, when young with defined, more shiny, regular to convoluted margins.
On rocks, walls and stonework.
All year round.
Widespread and common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Peckleton Church
18 November 2023
David Nicholls
Markfield, near Hill Hole NR
31 March 2022
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Lecanoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 15/06/2013 (Ivan Pedley)
- Last record:
- 18/11/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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