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Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) W.Mann


Thallus foliose, dotted with ostioles of perithecia, pale grey to brown, usually grey-pruinose, up to 5cm across, single or lobed, attached at a central holdfast, underside without rhizines. Locally frequent on damp rock-ledges in the north and west, especially on the coast and on hard limestones inland.

Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 374; Purvis et al. (1992), 233; Dobson (2005), 162 (photo); Dobson (2011), 169 (photo); Jahns (1983), 258-9 (photo); Whelan (2011), 91 (photo); Wirth (1995), 1: 371, 372 (photo); Wirth et al. (2004), 132 (photo); Moberg & Holmåson (1984), 213 (photo); Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 132 (photo); Puntillo (1996), plate 16 (photo); Hansen & Andersen (1995), 36 (photo); Brodo et al. (2001), 298 (photo); Walewski (2007), 71 (photo); McCune & Geiser (2009), 118 (photo).

Dermatocarpon miniatum
Dermatocarpon miniatum
On shaded, coastal rock-ledge, Lendalfoot, Ayrshire, August 2010


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