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Verrucaria nigrescens

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A very common species on well-illuminated limestone and mortar. The thallus is dark brown to blackish, with a flat to slightly convex areolate surface, and can sometimes have sorediate margins. The perithecia are immersed. 

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

Verrucaria nigrescens - © Barry Stewart
Verrucaria nigrescens - © Barry Stewart

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