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(Map updated: 11 August 2009)

This unmistakable, shrubby lichen forms neat sprays of grey-green tufted lobes 2-5cm high, terminating in numerous cream-coloured discs. The stiff, shiny, partly-deflated nature of the erect lobes anchored by a strong holdfast gives the whole plant a domed or conical appearance like an exuberant arrangement of tubular trumpets. Common on well-lit trees, along hedgerows, parks and in gardens, basic-bark preferred.

Key characteristics

• Shrubby lichen of tufted lobes each terminating in a cream disc often larger than the diameter of the lobe
• The arrangement can produce a dome of discs.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini