Scytinium (Leptogium) gelatinosum Petalled Jellyskin

A widespread foliose lichen, found growing among mosses in base-rich substrates such as thin soils on Limestone outcrops, dunes, loose mortar and slag. It is possibly the most frequent Scytinium species in the south-west of Britain, but Scytinium pulvinatum has recently been split from it and the relative abundance of both species is still being fully understood. The lobes are usually erect and wrinkled with entire or lanceolate margins and it is frequently fertile. S. pulvinatum has smaller more divided lobes.

Listed under Leptogium gelatinosum s.l. by Alan Orange in Flora of Glamorgan (Wade et al, 1994).