Common orange lichen Xanthoria parietina

Features

Xanthoria parietina is a foliose, or leafy, lichen.

Species	Lišaji
Living space	Bright forest, Clean or mixed forest, Conifer forest, Dark forest, Deciduous forest, Mixed forest
Size	up to 10 cm

Description

The vegetative body of the lichen, the thallus, is foliose, and typically less than 8 centimetres wide. The lobes of the thallus are 1–4 mm in diameter, and flattened down. The upper surface is some shade of yellow, orange, or greenish yellow, while the lower surface is white, with a cortex, and with sparse pale rhizines or hapters. The vegetative reproductive structures soredia and isidia are absent in this species, however, apothecia are usually present. It grows on trees along paths, on walls, cement tiles and limestone rocks. Common and widespread species, nitrophilous lichen.