Description: Close to M. peliocarpa (described elsewhere) but differing in the five- to seven-septate spores 23-34 x 4-6&

371;m. It is often found intermingled with bryophytes on the mossy bark of sheltered oaks or birch in hilly valley woodlands. Local in Ireland but absent from the south-west.

Key Identification Features:

• Differs from M. peliocarpa in having larger, five- to seven-septate spores
• On mossy bark in sheltered, valley woodlands.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

Distribution Map from NBN: Micarea cinerea f. cinerea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Micarea cinerea f. cinerea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.