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Caloplaca saxicola
This lichen may vary in colour from pale yellow to orangey brown. It is crust forming but is lobed at the margins. Up to 2cm wide and typically pruinose.
On cement, concrete and calcareous rocks, walls and monuments.
All year round.
Widespread, generally common in Britain but less so in the west.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Teloschistales
- Family:
- Teloschistaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 20/03/2015 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 21/06/2021 (Strong, Kate)
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