Family: Unknown Species: Talpapellis beschiana Growth type lichenicolous hyphomycete On Cladonia sqamules. Glengarrif Woods, Co. Cork, SW Ireland Host not discoloured but +/- covered with dense dark brown to black colonies, occuring on the podetia and both sides of the squamules. The teleomorph is unknown but the anamorph has aggregated solitary swollen, brown hyphal cells below the conidiophores. Brown to dark brown conidiophores erect, solitary or in small groups, +/- straight and usually unbranched with narrower, paler apices, (0-)1-8 septate. The conidia are 4-13(-15) × 2-.5 µm, 0-1 septate, usually in unbranched chains but often disintergrating and becoming +/- solitary. Micrographs below. Easily overlooked on podetia and squamules of Cladonia species

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Talpapellis beschiana. November 2009