Irish lichens Lichenicolous fungi
New to Ireland and Britain, map not yet available

Family: Incertae sedis Species: Muellerella solenopsorae Growth type lichenicolous. Identified by Paul Cannon. Photos: On Solenopsora holophaea. Snave, Co. Cork, SW Ireland Small, scattered, immersed or +/- protruding perithecia on the host thallus, the ostioles visible when mature. Asci 42-50 × 13-18 µm, multi-spored with approximately 32 spores. Spores (0-)1-3 septate, pale greyish-brown, (6-)7.5 - 11(-12.5) µm. Pycnidia absent. Micrographs below. Lichenicolous on the thallus of Solenopsora holophaea, rarely on the apothecia. First described from France 2021/11/22, ref: "Muellerella solenopsorae Brien, Cl. Roux et Monnat sp. nov., champignon lichénicole (Ascomycota) sur Solenopsora holophaea"

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Muellerella solenopsorae. August 2009