Taxon
General Description
Caloplaca monacensis was recently recorded from exposed lignum on a tree in a churchyard in North Somerset. A member of the Caloplaca cerina group with a grey thallus consisting of coarse granules, small squamules and isidia, with abundant apothecia. It may be a fertile morph of Caloplaca virescens.
See Kubiak & Wilk (2016) Polish Botanical Journal 61(2): 279–282, https://doi.org/10.1515/pbj-2016-0032
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