Incertae sedis Marchandiomyces aurantiacus # Lichenicolous fungus Probably widespread but infrequently recorded on Phaeophyscia, Physcia and Xanthoria species Forms +/- superficial orange conidiomata on dying area's of host thallus. Similar: Marchandiomyces corallinus, similar hosts, pink conidiomata. Paranectria oropensis has multi-septate spores with distinctive 'tails'

Marchandiomyces aurantiacus
Pamphill Green, Dorset. December 2015