Xanthoparmelia conspersa
Thallus yellow-grey or bluish-grey, often glossy. Narrow, overlapping lobes to 3mm wide and much divided. Underside black with short rhizines. Variable covering of coralloid isidia, often abundant. Occasionally fertile producing brown-disced apothecia with thin, contorted margins.
Acid rocks, walls and roofs in exposed areas.
All year.
Common. With a Western distribution.
Frequent. Mostly confined to Charnwood Forest.
David Nicholls
Croft Pasture
26 June 2014
Saharima Roenisch
Bradgate Park
04 February 2018
David Gould
Croft Pastures NR
09 August 2011
David Gould
Croft Pastures NR
09 August 2011
Peter Smith
Bradgate Park
26 February 2022
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
25 February 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Parmeliaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 09/08/2011 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 25/02/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Croft Pasture
26 June 2014
Saharima Roenisch
Bradgate Park
04 February 2018
David Nicholls
Croft Pasture
26 June 2014
David Gould
Croft Pastures NR
09 August 2011
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
25 February 2023
