Description: The thallus of this crustose species has a C+ pink, scurfy brown-black cortex giving it an almost leprose feel, rather like a fluffier, but more coherent version of Placynthiella icmalea which is also C+ red. It frequently grows over or among other lichens on sunny, exposed schistose or weakly siliceous rocks. Currently known from western Ireland, but is likely to be more widespread.

Key Identification Features:

• Thallus like a scurfy black-brown stain; lichenicolous, C+ pink (sometimes also K+ yellow to red and Pd+ yellow)
• Exposed, weakly acid rocks; upland.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Lambiella furvella at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.