Usnea florida

Usnea florida

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Ascomycota
Fungi (sac) and Lichens
Beard Lichens family
Parmelliaceae
Photographer: John Crellin
Rhos Goch Common.
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On a treated post that has been in situ for more than 10 years. The treatment chemicals have presumably dispersed…

Thanks to Alan Silverside for putting me right on this one. I did have this as Usnea subfloridana but he says:

"...something of a Welsh speciality.

Not always easy to separate from fruiting U. subfloridana, but the latter does not develop such large and beautiful apothecia as this."

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07 December 2007
Section: Wild Plants and Fungi of the British Isles
 
 
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