Description: Look out for this species in moist woodlands along streams or lough shores. It attracts attention through its small brown, convex discs around which there is often some orange-brown bark staining rather than any well-developed thallus. The spores are sole-shaped and one-septate. Oak and willow are the main hosts. It occurs throughout Ireland, but is thinly scattered.

Key Identification Features:

• Thallus whitish but usually recognised by the orange-brown staining around the brown convex discs (0.3-0.75mm diam.)
• On oak and willow; moist woodlands.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Melaspilea ochrothalamia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.