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Sticta sylvatica (Huds.) Ach.
Mature thallus of multiple lobes (as distinct from grouped, single lobes), grey to grey-brown, surface conspicuously isidiate along an obscure network of ridges, margins not sorediate, under-surface brownish-tomentose, with scattered, pale cyphellae (breaks in the lower cortex); apothecia unknown. On mossy trees and rocks, mostly in the west and generally in old, humid forest.
Refs: Smith et al. (2009), 867; Purvis et al. (1992), 584; Dobson (2005), 420 (photo); Dobson (2011), 425 (photo); Jahns (1983), 242-3 (photo); van Haluwyn et al. (2009), 54-5 (photo); Moberg & Holmåson (1984), 184 (photo); Nordic Lichen Flora (2007) 3: 86, 208 (photo); Wirth (1995), 2: 884-5 (photo); Hansen & Andersen (1995), 65 (photo); Thor & Arvidsson (1999), 330 (photo), 493; Lichen Atlas of the British Isles 3: 1369 (1998). |
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On Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), Ardanaiseig, Argyllshire, December 2009
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Young thallus (resembling S. fuliginosa) on willow (Salix) in swampy woodland, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, May 2009
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| On willow (Salix) in swampy woodland, Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, May 2009 |
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