Irish lichens Lichenicolous fungi

Tremella pertusariae

Family: Tremellaceae

Species: Tremella pertusariae

Lichenicolous fungus, photographs on Pertusaria hymenea
Photos: Killarney NP, Co. Kerry, SW Ireland.

A lichenicolous basidiomycete that forms pale to dark brown or blackish galls (to 3mm diam) on the apothecia or less frequently the thallus of Pertusaria species. Basidia have transverse, oblique or longitudinal septa and most are distinctly stalked, 22-26 x 14-19µm (without stalk). Basidiospores subsphaerical, 8.5-11.5 x 7.5-10µm. Micrographs below.

Most frequently recorded on Pertusaria hymenea, but occasionally occurs on Pertusaria pertusa

Similar: Acolium sessile (Cyphelium sessile) can appear similar but has brown, 1-septate spores and usually found on P. coccodes


Tremella pertusariae

Tremella pertusariae

Tremella pertusariae

Micrographs
Tremella pertusariae

Tremella pertusariae
Tremella pertusariae. August 2024

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