Arthonia varians
Arthonia varians is a parasitic lichen of Glaucomaria (=Lecanora) rupicola, taking over and blackening the apothecia of that species and retarding their development.
Where its host Glaucomaria rupicola is present.
All year round.
Widespread and evidently common where the host occurs, but evidently under-recorded.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Warren Hills
19 September 2018
David Nicholls
Warren Hills
19 September 2018
David Nicholls
Markfield, Little John
07 March 2023
David Nicholls
Warren Hills, Charnwood
28 March 2023
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
10 January 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Arthoniales
- Family:
- Arthoniaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 19/09/2018 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 10/01/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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