Caloplaca saxicola
This lichen may vary in colour from pale yellow to orangey brown. It is crust forming but is lobed at the margins. Up to 2cm wide and typically pruinose.
On cement, concrete and calcareous rocks, walls and monuments.
All year round.
Widespread, generally common in Britain but less so in the west.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
David Nicholls
Anstey Cemetery
20 March 2015
K+ reaction - crimson
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