Bryoria smithii
Description & Identification
A fruticose species with long (4-7 cm., occasionally longer) cylindrical branches, ca. 1mm diam. and dark-brown to black in colour (but the tips paler). Lateral spinules 2-7mm long are numerous, arising at right-angles to the main stems. Soralia are present arising from pseudocyphellae. Soredia are often sparse, but a characterisic of the species is that they are mixed with short spinules arising in tufts from the soralia. Apothecia and pycnidia are unknown.
Chemical Tests: C-, K-, KC-, Pd-
Similar Species
This is a well-defined species characterised by its soredia mixed with short spinules and the Pd- chemical reaction. It most resembles B. bicolor, but that species lacks soralia, is Pd+ red and rarely grows on trees.
Records from Wales
| Location | Grid Reference | Last Rec'd | Recorder(s) | SSSI |
| Caernarfon: "New Glyder" | SH 65 | 1788 | ? | |
| Caernarfon: | SH 87 | 1960 | Unknown | ? |
| Meirionydd: Moel y Ffridd | SH 54 | 1923 | D.A. Jones | ? |
| Meirionydd: Llyn Bodlyn | SH 62 | 1877 | T. Salwey | No |
| Meirionydd: "Lake above Llyn Bodlyn" | SH 62 | 1862 | W. Borrer | No |
| Meirionydd: Cwm Mawr | SH 635 319 | 1959 | S.A. Manning | Yes? |
NBN Taxon Key
NBNSYS0000018265
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