Scytinium gelatinosum (With.) Otálora, P.M. Jørg. & Wedin, (a lichen)


6 Nov 2006 at OSGR: SK15 in Derby, England

Record Summaryon clump of moss
Found asAnamorph
Date6 November 2006
OS grid refOSGR: SK15
Lat/Lon53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountyDerby, VC no: 57
CountryEngland

Notes:

Thallus of dichotomously-branched radiating lobes, with margins fimbriately lobed. Tips sometimes with rhizoids.

With well-developed cortex of a single layer of more or less square (occasionally polygonal) cells.

Photobiont: Nostoc, with some Rivularia trichomes also present but probably external.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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