Milospium graphideorum # Lichenicolous fungus. Photographs on Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata Recorded on Trentepohlia-containg lichens; Lecanactis amylacea, Lecanographa lyncea, Dirina massiliensis, also Opegrapha atra and Schismatomma decolorans. Minute black spots develop into brownish-black or black patches of sporodochia. These become slightly convex, scattered or merging into larger patches and produce clusters of greenish-brown or brownish-black soft, folded conidia. Micrographs below. Shown immediately below with Spiloma auratum # Similar: Verrucocladosporium dirinae also occurs on Dirina massiliensis

Microscope photograph





Milospium graphideorum #
Shapwick, Portland and Wool, Dorset. March 2014, February 2016, March 2017