Abrothallaceae Lichenoconium lecanorae # Lichenicolous fungus, commensalistic to parasitic on Lecanora species and blackening the apothecia. Also found on Evernia prunastri, Punctelia, Parmelina and Parmelia species. BLS conservation evaluation: LC NS Small black pycnidia, the brown conidia (2.5-)3-4.5(-5.5) µm diameter, globose or subglobose. Microscope photographs below. Similar: Lichenoconium erodens. Found on a range of crustose and foliose species, the conidia smaller, 2-3.5 µm diameter. Lichenoconium xanthoriae. Subglobose, truncate, (2.5)3-4.5(6)µm. Lichenodiplis lecanorae. Conidia becoming 1-septate

Microscope photographs



Lichenoconium lecanorae #
Holt, Dorset. January 2017