Punctelia jeckeri

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Description
Thallus foliose, grey-green when fresh, tinged brown and usually pruinose (lens needed) at the slightly upturned margins, grey when dry, underside pale brown, inner lobes developing marginal soralia, lobe surfaces with scattered, white dots (pseudocyphellae) that later also develop into soralia; apothecia apparently unknown.
Similar Species

Very similar to P. subrudecta but distinguished by being more matt with brown areas near the tips of the lobes. Soralia are also more abundant along the margins of the lobes.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Found on a variety of trees.

When to see it

All year round.

UK Status

Evidently widespread and locally common, but not distinguished from P. subrudecta until relatively recently.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

  • Peter Smith
    Cropston garden
    11 February 2021
  • David Nicholls
    Abbey Park
    18 December 2021
  • Melinda Bell
    Boothorpe Park
    10 February 2021
  • Melinda Bell
    New Lount Nature Reserve
    16 February 2021
  • David Nicholls
    Stanton
    17 February 2021
  • David Nicholls
    LFE, St Andrews Church, front (south side)
    10 June 2021

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

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Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015

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Species data profile ?

Species profile

Species group:
Lichens
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Lecanorales
Family:
Parmeliaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
27
First record:
15/06/2013 (Ivan Pedley)
Last record:
16/12/2023 (Nicholls, David)

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  • David Nicholls
    Warren Hills
    19 September 2018
  • Melinda Bell
    Heather, QEDJWood
    06 February 2021
  • Melinda Bell
    Coleorton Wood
    18 February 2021