Acarospora umbilicata
Acarospora umbilicata - Netelia cristata
Description
A pale crust forming lichen that has numerous small cracks and divisions that give it a crazy paving type of appearance.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
On rocks, especially in nitrogen rich areas.
When to see it
All year round.
UK Status
Widespread but scattered in Britain.
VC55 Status
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
 B4114 near Frowlesworth Turn Sapcote SP 4907 9229 (taken 1.11.2007),.JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
01 November 2007 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 4.8.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 August 2008
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
20 March 2009
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
16 June 2010
female
David Nicholls
Barrow Upon Soar
15 July 2011
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
05 February 2010
David Nicholls
Ketton Quarry
26 May 2012
David Nicholls
Groby Rifle Range
17 February 2013
David Nicholls
Groby Rifle Range
17 February 2013
upper left
Frank Clark
Priory Water
13 December 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 June 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 April 2014
on Cow Parsley
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 April 2014
underside of leaf
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
16 September 2014
leafmine on Pendulous Sedge
David Nicholls
White's Wood, Swithland
28 February 2015
David Nicholls
Anstey Church
20 March 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
04 July 2015
Graham Calow
Thomas Estley College, Broughton Astley
24 November 2015
on Shepherd's Purse
David Nicholls
Ratby
28 March 2016
Peter Smith
Thurmaston
27 August 2015
on Crack Willow
Graham Calow
Near High Cross
21 March 2016
on willow
David Nicholls
Groby
13 August 2016
blisters on Lesser Sea-spurrey
AJ Cann
Wash Brook Nature Reserve
26 August 2017
leafmine on Yellow Iris
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
19 April 2018
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
17 May 2018
Day flying.
David Nicholls
Botcheston farm
02 May 2018
David Nicholls
Gipsy Lane Brick Pit, SSSI area
07 September 2019
Geoffrey Hall
Groby Rifle Range
17 February 2013
Melinda Bell
New Lount Nature Reserve
26 January 2022
Lindsi Donovan
Charnwood Lodge NR
22 May 2021
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
21 June 2022
on Red Clover
martindgrimes
Braunston Churchyard
28 June 2018
f. sorediata
Peter Thompson
Narborough Bog
03 November 2013
Peter Thompson
Narborough Bog
04 August 2013
AnnGleave
Thurnby Lodge open space
08 June 2021
galls on a willow
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
25 February 2023
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
01 January 2023
AJ Cann
Billesdon Woodland Pool
29 September 2024
David Nicholls
Owston Wood
30 October 2024
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Park
23 June 2026
distinctive long bent cloud Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 11.7.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
11 July 2008
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
16 June 2010
female
Mark Skevington
Charnwood Lodge
03 June 2011
possibly f. albilinea
Graham Calow
Ellistown
27 June 2011
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
26 June 2010
David Nicholls
Dimminsdale
15 March 2014
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
10 December 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 April 2014
on Cow Parsley
Graham Calow
Sapcote
21 April 2014
on Shepherd's Purse
Steven Lewis
Welby
13 August 2016
on Salix alba
AJ Cann
Charnwood Lodge
19 May 2018
AJ Cann
Charnwood Lodge
19 May 2018
David Nicholls
Botcheston farm
02 May 2018
David Nicholls
Gipsy Lane Brick Pit, SSSI area
07 September 2019
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
18 April 2017
Geoffrey Hall
Groby Rifle Range
17 February 2013
Ken Charity
Anstey.Footpath form Millfield Close to White Bridge.
23 July 2020
Graham Calow
Burbage, Featherstone Drive
13 May 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
21 June 2022
on Red Clover
martindgrimes
Braunston Churchyard
28 June 2018
f. sorediata
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
David Nicholls
Peckleton Church
18 November 2023
AJ Cann
Billesdon Woodland Pool
29 September 2024
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Park
23 June 2026
female Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 11.7.2008..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
11 July 2008
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
16 June 2010
female
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
26 June 2010
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
10 December 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 April 2014
underside of leaf
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
31 May 2014
image by John Tinning
Graham Calow
Sapcote
22 May 2015
Graham Calow
Field near Huncote Road, Stoney Stanton
18 June 2016
on Charlock
Graham Calow
Near Abbott Drive, Stoney Stanton
23 June 2016
Alan Semper
Harby canal
01 August 2011
On crack willow
Barbara Cooper
Ulverscroft NR
08 February 2018
AJ Cann
Charnwood Lodge
19 May 2018
AJ Cann
St Marys Knighton
10 December 2018
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
18 April 2017
Mark Skevington
Whetstone
17 January 2021
Craig Mabbett
Church Field Broughton Astley
06 August 2015
Graham Calow
Burbage, Featherstone Drive
13 May 2022
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park, sliding stones
25 February 2023
Melinda Bell
Owston Woods
30 October 2024
4 celled ascospore
AJ Cann
Leicester Knighton Park
23 June 2026 B4669 Lay-By Sapcote SP 4693 9381 (taken 24.7.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
24 July 2008 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 14.8.2006).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
14 August 2006
David Nicholls
Aylestone Meadows
26 February 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 June 2012
male - confirmed by gen det
Graham Calow
Woodhouse Eaves
15 June 2013
on Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
David Nicholls
Ratby
01 March 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 June 2014
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
28 July 2015
leaf winged and tapers into stem
Alan Semper
Harby canal
29 July 2014
On crack willow
Annie Smith
Clarendon Park garden
19 April 2018
AJ Cann
Charnwood Lodge
19 May 2018
Ant.4 subdivided into about six subsegments
David Nicholls
Groby garden
02 February 2021
stepgray4
Charnwood Lodge
22 May 2023
Barbara Cooper
Beacon Hill CP
01 February 2018
Melinda Bell
Owston Woods
30 October 2024
spiked thecae
GHunt
Oadby garden
17 May 2026
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
05 February 2010
reacts red with bleach
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 June 2012
male - confirmed by gen det
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
10 December 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote
21 April 2014
on Shepherd's Purse
Graham Calow
Springwell Lane, Whetsone
29 July 2016
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
27 July 2016
Saharima Roenisch
Bradgate Park
06 December 2017
AJ Cann
Charnwood Lodge
19 May 2018
Lateral stripes not connected posteriorly
sue
Bagworth
29 April 2019
Lindsi Donovan
Charnwood Lodge NR
22 May 2021
GHunt
Oadby garden
18 May 2026
David Nicholls
Ketton Quarry
26 May 2012
Graham Calow
Witherley
01 October 2015
on Shepherd's Purse
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
27 July 2016
David Nicholls
Charley Woods
18 February 2017
Andy's Rutland
Empingham garden
22 April 2018
antennae
Melinda Bell
Ashby, Lower Packington Road
09 June 2021
David Nicholls
Peckleton Church
05 May 2020
Hazel Graves
Billesdon Woodland Pool
25 November 2023.. Sapcote SP 4693 9381 (taken 27.7.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
24 July 2008
Graham Calow
Huncote, Field off Thurlaston Lane
10 September 2019
on Crack-willow
Melinda Bell
Whitwick,Holly Hayes Wood
07 June 2021
Alan Semper
Melton, Priors Close Park
28 August 2013
Charnwood123
Ellis Meadows
03 September 2022
Peter Smith
Thurmaston
27 August 2015
on Crack Willow
Melinda Bell
River Sence off Gibbet Lane
07 September 2021
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
08 October 2017
on Willow
 B4114 near Frowlesworth Turn Sapcote SP 4907 9229 (taken 1.11.2007),.JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 4.8.2008).JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 11.7.2008).JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 11.7.2008..JPG)
 B4669 Lay-By Sapcote SP 4693 9381 (taken 24.7.2008).JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4956 9179 (taken 14.8.2006).JPG)
.. Sapcote SP 4693 9381 (taken 27.7.2008).JPG)
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 B4114 near Frowlesworth Turn Sapcote SP 4907 9229 (taken 1.11.2007).JPG)
