Unknown family Lichenochora hyperphysciae Lichenicolous fungus. Photographs on Hyperphyscia adglutinata Parasitic on the thallus of Hyperphyscia adglutinata Subsperical galls are formed on the host thallus, initially concolorous then becoming brownish and containing multiple immersed perithecia. Paraphyses dissolve as the perithecia mature but periphyses are abundant. The asci are 8-spored, spores arranged biseriately, 1-septate, 10.5-13 x (6-)7-8 µm. The upper cell is more than half the size of the lower. Micrographs below Similar: Lichenochora obscuroides on Phaeophyscia orbicularis

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Lichenochora hyperphysciae
Photographs: Kingston Lacy, Dorset. July 2023