Description: The aesthetically beautiful, jewel-clustered appearance of the pale orange discs of this lichen bestow upon it enormous charm. It is characteristic of shaded, basic rock. In the built environment it grows freely on unrestored stone bridges and on the old mortared walls of churchyards. A lichen to die for!

Key Identification Features:

• The cogwheel-like, orange discs that stand proud of the substratum surrounded by a thick margin indicate this species
• The few similar species are restricted to entirely different habitats.

Original text submitted by Simon Davey

Distribution Map from NBN: Gyalecta jenensis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Gyalecta jenensis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.