Sordariomycetidae Species: Roselliniopsis tartaricola Growth type lichenicolous hyphomycete On Varicellaria hemisphaerica. Macroom, Co. Cork, SW Ireland Anamorph forms blackish colonies (often surrounding the black perithecia of the teleomorph) of erect bristles, developing from a basal stroma. Conidiophores are dark brown to black, cylindrical and +/- curved or kinked. Phialidic synanamorph terminal with numerous conidiogenous cells in a compact cluster on one side. Micrographs below. On Lepra, Ochrolechia, Pertusaria and Varicellaria species. N.B. The anamorph can only be reliably identified on Ochrolechia tartarea and V. hemisphaerica as Roselliniopsis groedensis is very similar, on Lepra corallina and Varicellaria lactea

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Roselliniopsis tartaricola. February 2010