Diploicia canescens
A grey-white lichen (greener when damp) with many folds and ridges, it often has a chalky bloom.
Found on rocks, walls, stonework and nutrient enriched bark, usually where somewhat shaded.
All year round.
Widespread, common in the south, becoming rarer and mainly coastal in the north.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Thorpe Langton
31 March 2021
David Nicholls
Thorpe Langton
31 March 2021
Alan Semper
Harby churchyard
21 December 2012
On stone church wall
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Church Street
29 January 2021
greenish when damp
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Teloschistales
- Family:
- Caliciaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 21/12/2012 (Semper, Alan)
- Last record:
- 30/06/2023 (Pugh, Dylan)
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