Irish lichens
Lichenicolous fungi
Lichenicolous fungi
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Species: Bachmanniomyces punctum # (B. uncialicola) Photos: On Cladonia portentosa. Ballingeary, Co. Cork, Ireland Large convex galls form containing immersed conidioma and deforming the host thallus. Conidiogenous cells develop on the inner walls but conidiophores are absent. Conidia abundant, clinging together in large groups, (7-)8-10.5 x 4.5-5(-6) µm. The flat blackish-brown apothecia are often in clusters, spores (7-)8.5-10(-12) x 2.5-3.5(-4) µm. Occurs on the podetia (and occasionally squamules) of Cladonia species, most frequently recorded on Cladonia uncialis The initial stage of Diploschistes muscorum can be similar |
Bachmanniomyces uncialicola. August 2009