Caloplaca oasis
A yellow crust forming lichen usually with abundant apothecia (0.2-0.4mm) which are orange to orange-brown. The apothecia are usually more obvious than than the thallus.
On calcareous substrates: limestone, mortar and concrete.
All year round
Occasionally found parasitic on Verrucaria species.
unknown
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
05 February 2010
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir, outflow
05 January 2023
David Nicholls
Kirby Muxloe St Barts Church
15 February 2021
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
20 September 2013
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
05 February 2010
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Teloschistales
- Family:
- Teloschistaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 05/02/2010 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 05/01/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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