Ascomycota Incertae sedis Species: Illosporiopsis christiansenii # Lichenicolous fungus. Photographs on Physcia. Co. Cork and Co.Limerick, Ireland The sporodichia form soft, pink mounds of coiled conidia on the host thallus. The conidia have a spiral appearance. Microscope photograph below. Widespread, often in nitrogen-rich conditions on a number of hosts including Physcia species and Xanthoria parietina

Microscope photograph

Illosporiopsis christiansenii on Physcia tenella. September and November 2010