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Xanthoria parietina (L.) Beltr. (syn: Lichen parietinus L.; Parmelia parietina (L.) Ach.; Physcia parietina (L.) De Not.; Teloschistes parietinus (L.) Norman);
Lichen ID Requested AT OCT2016/09 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Identification requested
Lichen Commonly grows on rocks October 23, 2016 Place: Hatu, Narkanda, Shimla, India Altitude: 8900 feet The yellow colour lichen if you put one drop of 5% aqueous solution of KOH if turns red purple- Xanthoria sp., if not then Candelaria concolor did you do it? KOH test i mean. if yes, please share your pictures No, … This was a crustose lichen. So, I was unable collect. Photographed at a place nearly 70km from Shimla. So, it is not possible to do it this time. Appears close to images of Xanthoria parietina at
I’ll do it next time when I visit Hatu again.
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