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Diploschistes gypsaceus (Ach.) Zahlbr.

Thallus thick, crustose, cracked to more or less areolate, pale grey but densely white-pruinose; apothecia with black, pruinose, sunken disks and thick margins. Widespread but rare, on shaded, damp, hard, calcareous rocks. Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 380; Purvis et al. (1992), 237; Dobson (2005), 166; Dobson (2011), 172 (photo); Wirth (1995), 1: 379.

 

On damp, limestone rockface, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, April 2002

On damp, limestone rockface, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, March 2008

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