Fuscidea cyathoides
A crustose lichen which is mousy brown, though paler and greenish in the shade. It has a black prothallus which is often visible between cracks in the thallus. Apothecia are black or dark brown with paler margins.
On shaded rocks, usually in areas with regular rainfall.
Common and widespread in the north and west of Britain, uncommon to the east.
Uncommon.
David Nicholls
Beacon Hill
16 December 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- lichen
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Umbilicariales
- Family:
- Fuscideaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 16/12/2023 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/12/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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