Sphaerophorus globosus (images of British lichens)

Thallus fruticose, brittle, with well-defined, grey to brownish main branches and clusters of pale, short, lateral branches; apothecia develop in globose swellings in the branch-tips. Locally common in upland habitats in the north and west.

Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 847; Purvis et al. (1992), 568; Dobson (2005), 410 (photo); Dobson (2011), 415 (photo); Britton (2008) 42 (photo); Jahns (1983), 180-1 (photo); Allen (2007), 23 & 25 (photos); Whelan (2011), 141 (photo); van Haluwyn et al. (2009), 118-9 (photos); Wirth (1995), 2: 863 (photo); Nordic Lichen Flora (1999) 1: 65, 91 (photo); Moberg & Holmåson (1984), 68 (photo); Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 134 (photo); Puntillo (1996), plate 37 (photo); Hansen & Anderson (1995), 60 (photo); Hinds & Hinds (2007), 448-9 (photo); Brodo et al. (2001), 658-9 (photo); Øvstedal & Lewis Smith (2001), 314, plate 80 (photo).

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Images of British Lichens