Common Greenshield Lichen - Flavoparmelia caperata

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Alternative names
Greenshield Lichen
Description

A conspicuous medium to large leafy lichen, it is pale grey when dry and yellow green when wet. It has rounded lobes, measuring 3 to 8 mm wide, and these often have a wrinkled appearance, especially in older specimens, looking like molten wax.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Trunks of deciduous trees and on other, generally base-poor, substrates.

When to see it

All year round.

UK Status

Widespread and locally common, scarcer in central and northern Scotland.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Beacon Hill
    07 December 2019
  • Alan Semper
    Barnsdale Gardens
    08 October 2017
  • Barbara Cooper
    Beacon Hill CP
    01 February 2018
  • David Nicholls
    Charley Woods
    18 February 2017
  • David Nicholls
    Beacon Hill Country Park
    22 February 2017
  • David Nicholls
    Charnwood Lodge
    04 May 2017

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Species group:
Lichens
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Parmeliaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
43
First record:
26/02/2012 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
02/01/2024 (Bedford, Frank)

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  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, University Botanic Gardens
    04 April 2019
  • Alan Semper
    Holwell Nature Reserve
    03 February 2016
  • David Nicholls
    Aylestone Meadows
    26 February 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Beacon Hill
    07 December 2019
  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool Quarry
    19 February 2018
  • David Nicholls
    Warren Hills
    19 September 2018
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, University Botanic Gardens
    04 April 2019
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Leicester, University Botanic Gardens
    04 April 2019
  • David Nicholls
    Rutland Water
    30 January 2020
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Abbey Park
    22 December 2018
    lichen on logs
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Abbey Park
    22 December 2018