Taxon
Miriquidica garovaglii
Synonyms
Miriquidica garovaglioi
Conservation Status
VU D2 NR Sc (Key)
BLS Number
1688
Comments
garovaglii is the genetive of Garovaglius
General Description
On schistose rocks on exposed SW-facing cliffs near Loch Maree, Wester Ross, very rare. Distinguished by the dark brown, glossy thallus that is strongly fragmented. The black apothecia are noticeably pinched below. Lecidea paupercula is of similar appearance and chemistry, but has flatter areoles, an I+ blue medulla, a dark hypothecium and lacks miriquidic acid.
See ITALIC 6.0
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