Family: Species: Q Growth type lichenicolous On Lobaria pulmonaria. Glengarriff Woods, Co. Cork, SW Ireland The conidia of this specimen were hyaline, +/- globose, c7 x 5 µm. The conidia of Abrothallus lobariae are described as 3-4 x 2.5-3 µm. Micrographs below. Lichenicolous on Lobaria pulmonaria. Lichenicolous fungi on Lobaria include Monodictys fuliginosa (clumps of brown conidia), Plectocarpon lichenum (dark galls on host, spores brown, 3-septate) and Tremella lobariacearum.

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Q on Lobaria pulmonaria. November 2009