Description: This is one of a small number of ‘mushroom’ lichens with Botrydina-type granular algae. Known only from east Donegal it may be distinguished from L. alpina and L. umbellifera (both described elsewhere) by the pale or white-coloured gills contrasting with the brown cap and stem. It grows on wet sandy soils below overhanging vegetation by forest roads or by tracks across moorland.

Key Identification Features:

• Mushroom lichen with Botrydina-type algae; fruiting body with pale or white gills in contrast to the brown cap and stem
• Sandy cuttings by tracks.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

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

iNaturalist: Lichenomphalia velutina at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.