Description: This ‘jelly lichen’ of disturbed limestone soils appears to have been recorded in Ireland from only Clare Island and County Wexford. It is a distinctive species and can be distinguished from C. tenax var. tenax (described elsewhere) by the rim of the discs which are coarsely wrinkled like the edge of a cog-wheel, sometimes also with warts or lobules. Spores are larger 26-36&

371;m long, (17-26&

371;m long in C. tenax) ellipsoid and submuriform. Elsewhere, it is a species of dusty, limestone quarry floors.

Key Identification Features:

• Like C. tenax but rim of disc, wrinkled and much warted; spores larger
• Usually on disturbed limestone soils: look for it during the wetter months.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Enchylium bachmanianum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.