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[CapAndBracket]

very comprehensive info, i can see i'm going to be some time in the
uncertain mode on lichens, i will give these a bit of time (wait for fine
weather) and re-vist.

Cheers J.P.

[AlanS]

JP, on reflection I think I was being too cautious here. Books say that C. macilenta (& C. polydactyla) do not go green, even when wet, but I am not convinced.

I have near me a puzzling population that seems to be C. macilenta and it is distinctly green even when not soaked, but possibly it will turn out to be C. umbricola.

Anyhow, your specimen is such a bright green when soaked that I think your suggestion of C. coniocraea is much the most likely possibility.

Alan