Tephromela atra
The pale grey thallus is thick and areolate with a blackish prothallus. Apothecia (1-2.5mm) are black, both round and irregular, often immersed into the thallus with flat discs and margins that are often swollen.
On hard, exposed rocks (both siliceous and slightly basic), often dominant on coastal rocks but also common inland.
All year round
Widespread and fairly common.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
David Nicholls
Peckleton Church
18 November 2023
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
20 March 2022
snail grazed
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
15 September 2018
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
20 March 2022
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
19 January 2012
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Mycoblastaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 19/01/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 18/11/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
15 September 2018
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, ruins
10 October 2022
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
15 September 2018
