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Bilimbia lobulata (Sommerf.) Hafellner & Coppins
(= Myxobilimbia lobulata(Sommerf.) Hafellner)
Thallus grey-white to buff-grey, warted-granular or of overlapping, minute, pale-edged squamules; apothecia brown-black to black, convex, usually abundant and often aggregated. Widespread, on dead moss and soil in calcareous habitats.
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 218; Purvis et al. (1992), 606 (as Toninia lobulata); Dobson (2011), 90; Puntillo (1996), plate 25 (photo, as Mycobilimbia lobulata); Øvstedal & Lewis Smith (2001), 253, plate 53 (photo) (as M. lobulata); Thomson (1997), 617 (photo, as Toninia lobulata). |
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On moss in limestone quarry, Tomphubil, Perthshire, April 2003 |
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| On moss on limestone outcrop, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, April 2003 |
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Uploaded March 2008 (as Myxobilimbia lobulata), last updated November 2011
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