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Caloplaca ochracea

(Schaer.) Flagey

Predominantly a coastal species, but occasionally also found inland on hard, natural limestone. Has a thin pale-yellow thallus with dark orange-yellow apothecia that are never convex, with thick, slightly paler margins.

Listed by Alan Orange in Flora of Glamorgan (Wade et al, 1994).

Caloplaca ochracea - © Barry Stewart
Caloplaca ochracea - © Barry Stewart

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