SCIENTIFIC NAME:
OCHROLECHIA PARELLA
VERNACULAR NAME:
CRAB'S EYE

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION Crustose. A greyish rough lichen with numerous apothecia that are largish and pinkish brown with thick, robust margins. A prominent white margin is usually evident around the entire specimen.
DISTRIBUTION Common throughout.
HABITAT Walls and rocks around the coast and in upland areas.

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