Lecanora dispersa

Hello to my one fan out there. Sorry I have been getting a bit behind with this Lichens of Settle Series.
So I nipped outside the house and had a look on the house wall - limestone blocks with sandstone round the windows:  west facing so pretty dry.

The wall all look grey -both sandstone and limestone - but close inspection shows there is quite a lot of Lecanora dispersa. (This is an aggregate group). It is very common, and stands up to pollution.

You can see the little "jam tarts" about 1/2 mm across with a dark centre and white rim. In this example case they are indeed dispersed over quite a big area where lime rich water has drained onto the sandstone vertical "sill".

Usually I have seen them more clustered than that.


I found some on a ground level gravestone at Ingleton (see the end of that post)

Actually, now that I have been on a more advanced lichens course I wonder if I should check the identification by doing chemical tests and cutting sections of the reproductive bodies.. Maybe another day.
This is Lecanora dispersa at Inlgeton churchyard

Learn your Lichens   of Settle and District 1. Arthonia radiata 2. Caloplaca flavovirescens 3. Acrocordia conoidea 4. Squamarina cartilaginea 5. Xanthoria parietina 6. Lecanora gangaleoides 7. Physcia tenella 8. Lepraria incana 9. Porpidia tuberculosa 10. Psilolechia lucida 11. Lecanora soralifera  12. Opegrapha gyrocarpa 13. Aspicilia calcarea 14. Lecanora dispersa 15. Caloplaca flavescens