Description: This lichen of acid bark and wood is easily overlooked on old conifers and oaks. It could be mistaken for Amandinea punctata (spores 11-16&

371;m long), except that the both the habitat and the ecology is different, A. punctata being common only on nutrient or dust-enriched bark. If the spores of B. schaereri are examined, they will be found to be smaller (6-10&

371;m long) and thinner-walled. In Ireland, there is a record from County Kerry; very rare elsewhere.

Key Identification Features:

• Pale-grey thallus on acid-barked trees (old conifers) and wood
• Small, thin-walled spores.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Buellia schaereri at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.