| Lichens : Lecanorales : Lecanoraceae | Lichens |
Description: This rarity is known only from County Clare. Usually white or yellow-white, the thallus forms rounded crumpled patches with lobed edges on vertical limestone walls. Discs are common like little buff-coloured jam tarts scattered on the surface, sprinkled with an icing-sugar frosting of pruina; thallus C+ orange.
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Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini
Distribution Map from NBN: Myriolecis pruinosa at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Myriolecis pruinosa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Giavarini, Vince J., Simms, Michael J., & Davey, Simon, 2026. Myriolecis pruinosa. Chaub. . [In] Lichen Ireland. https://www.habitas.org.uk/lichenireland/species.php?item=500054. Accessed on 2026-11-12. |