Description: Formerly known as L. corniculatum, this species bears a marked resemblance to L. gelatinosum (described elsewhere), but differs in the larger size of the lobes which curl inwards and become tubular, like thin paper stretched by a pencil. In Ireland, L. palmatum has been recorded in the past from Counties Armagh, Galway and Wicklow. It grows on mosses and other lichens among rocks and sandy soils.

Key Identification Features:

• Like L. gelatinosum but with larger lobes which become tubular and curl inwards
• Discs unknown; on the ground among mosses.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Scytinium palmatum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.