Xanthoria elegans
A leafy lichen which may be yellow to deep orange in colour with very narrow (< 1mm), adpressed, somewhat serpentine lobes.
On nutrient-enriched rocks, walls, concrete etc.
All year round.
Widespread and locally common in Britain, though tending to be more frequent in upland areas.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Margaret McLoughlin
Scence Valley Forest Park
01 February 2023
David Nicholls
Ratby
24 April 2022
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton, New Road near St Michael's Church
29 June 2020
on Granite
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
David Nicholls
Groby, Sacheveral Way
16 January 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- lichen
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Teloschistales
- Family:
- Teloschistaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 20/03/2015 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 15/03/2025 (Smith, Peter)
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