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Aspicilia contorta (Hoffm.) Kremp.
subsp. contorta
Thallus of scattered to confluent, chalky-grey, more or less rounded, convex areoles, margin of thallus effuse, with dispersed areoles; apothecia one or more per areole. Common on base-rich rocks, also as a "chewing-gum lichen" forming circular colonies on pavements (compare Aspicilia contorta subsp.hoffmanniana, Lecanora muralis).
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 184; Purvis et al. (1992), 98; Dobson (2005), 74 (photo); Dobson (2011), 80 (photo); Whelan (2011), 52 (photo); van Herk & Aptroot (2004), 66-67 (photo); Wirth (1995), 1: 147, 149 (photo, more brownish variant); Brodo et al. (2001), 169 (photo). |
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Disused limestone quarry, Tomphubil, Perthshire, April 2003
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On basalt ledges in disused quarry, Luffness, East Lothian, March 2007
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Forming somewhat eroded, "chewing gum" patches on paving stones, Paisley, Renfrewshire, October 2008
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On concrete wall capping, Paisley, Renfrewshire, March 2011
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| Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta (left and right) with subsp. hoffmanniana (centre), together on concrete capping of wall, Paisley, Renfrewshire, March 2011 |
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