Irish lichens
Lichenicolous fungi
Lichenicolous fungi
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Order: Family: Thelotremataceae
Species: Diploschistes muscorum # Photographs on Cladonia sp. The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland. Greyish-white warted thallus with urceolate apothecia. The black discs are +/- heavily pruinose with raised margins. Asci are 4-spored, 5-septate becoming muriform, 25-35 x 10-15 µm. Parasitic on Cladonia species before developing an independent thallii. Most frequent on Cladonia rangiformis and Cladonia pocillum Other lichenicolous fungi on Cladonia species include Bachmanniomyces punctum (B. uncialicola), Syzygospora bachmannii and Didymocyrtis cladoniicola |
Diploschistes muscorum. July 2009