Lichen - Beige apothecia with white rim

[Bruce Williams]

Stony Stratford, Bucks. On top of west facing concrete buttress.

Size: See scale bars.

Two small colonies both with indistinct boundaries. Help with identification appreciated.





Bruce

[AlanS]

Hi Bruce, you are getting excellent close-ups of these lichens of concrete.

This one is very possibly our commonest urban lichen, but easily overlooked as it is so tiny.

It is Lecanora dispersa. There are several similar species, but your photograph is so representative, and in view of the species you have already photographed at the same site there is no reasonable doubt.

For more information and a considerably rubbish picture:
Lecanora dispersa (images of British lichens)

Alan

[Bruce Williams]

Thanks for your expert help Alan - really very much appreciated.

Bruce