Lichenodiplis fallaciosa Growth type lichenicolous Photographs on Orcularia insperata (Rinodina biloculata) Lichenicolous in the apothecia of Orcularia insperata (Rinodina biloculata) but very rarely recorded and easy to overlook The black, +/- elongated pycnidia are embedded in the hymenium of the host apothecia, with only the ostiole +/- visible at the surface. Conidia are simple, oval to oblong, truncated at the base, light brown to greenish brown, 6-10 x 3-4 µm. Micrographs of conidia below. Similar: Lichenodiplis lichenicola, conidia 1-septate, on Rinodina sophodes and Orcularia insperata. L. rinodinicola, conidia 7.5-9 × 3-4 µm, occurs on Rinodina sophodes but not yet recorded from Britain or Ireland

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Lichenodiplis fallaciosa #
Photographs: Poole, Dorset. January 2025