Identification key
Amandinea punctata/Lecidella elaeochroma
(1) Amandinea punctata / Lecidella elaeochroma
Description
Thallus
Crustose, more or less smooth, dotted with numerous black apothecia

Color
Variable: greyish, whitish, greenish, or brownish
Reproduction
Apothecia: usually numerous, black disc and margin
Soralia: absence
Isidia: absence
Risk of confusion
None
Ecology
Substrate
On bark or rock

Habitat
Nitrophilous

Occurrence
Common

Air pollution
Resistant to pollutants

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