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Lecanora orosthea (Ach.) Ach.
Thallus yellowish or yellow-green, a thin, often extensive, continuous crust bounded by a white prothallus, surface becoming cracked-areolate and with soredia forming initially on the areole margins; apothecia rare. Widespread on dry siliceous rocks and walls, often below overhangs.
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 492; Purvis et al. (1992), 310; Dobson (2005), 226 (photo); Dobson (2011), 229-30 (photo); Wirth (1995), 1: 452-453; van Herk & Aptroot (2004), 216-217 (photo). |
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Sheltered upland rocks, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, April 2002
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| On sheltered stone wall, Longniddry, East Lothian, May 2007 |
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