Previous page Next page
 
lastdragon.org

Images of British Lichens


Pertusaria hymenea (Ach.) Schaer.


Thallus variable but usually thick and strongly wrinkled to warted, yellowish, or greenish grey in shade, each wart with usually a single, sunken, apothecium. Widespread and often common on tree trunks, occasional on sheltered rocks.

Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 682; Purvis et al. (1992), 455; Dobson (2005), 326 (photo); Dobson (2011), 327 (photo); Whelan (2011), 128 (photo); van Haluwyn et al. (2009), 184-5 (photo); van Herk & Aptroot (2004), 290-1 (photo); Wirth (1995), 2: 698; Holien & Tønsberg (2008), 179 (photo); Puntillo (1996), plate 30 (photo).

 
Pertusaria hymenea
Glen Tilt, Perthshire, April 2009


Previous page   Next page


Lichens HOME PAGE | Index of Species | Conditions of Use and e-mail contact | References | Site Home Page


© A.J. Silverside
Uploaded March 2009, last updated May 2012