Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta
Up to 5cm. A blue-grey foliose lichen with scalloped marginal lobes that are mostly turned down at the end and with tips that have a brown "singed" look. Coarse brown or dark grey soredia develop along the inner lobe margins. Apothecia are infrequent.
Hypotrachina revoluta has lobes that rise up from the substratum (more 3-dimensional), often with vertical twisted lobes, and with fine powdery soredia.
when mature
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On the bark of trees and shrubs and occasionally on weakly acidic rocks and walls. More common on the coast.
All year
Reasonably common.
Relatively uncommon.
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir
03 March 2026
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Species profile
- Species group:
- lichen
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Parmeliaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 15/06/2013 (Ivan Pedley)
- Last record:
- 03/03/2026 (Nicholls, David)
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