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Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Synonyms:

Family: PHAEOCOCCOMYCETACEAE

Habitat: Ubiquitous

Description

Non-lichenized lichenicolous fungus.

     Presents in the form of a network or bundle of branched hyphae developing on the surface of the thallus of its host (rarely on the apothecia), purplish-brown, blackish, etc. sometimes with small blackish punctiform granulations at the nodes of the network. Rare, globose, superficial, blackish ascomas containing 4-8 asci. Hyaline then grayish-brown spores, with 2 cells, one larger than the other (in an asymmetrical ball of wool), 8-11 x 3-5 µm. Quite common species developing on the thallus of species of the genus Xanthoparmelia.

N.B. Long confused with Echinothecium reticulatum which develops on species of the Parmelia genus.





Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia conspersa Pointe du Guern 1
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia conspersa Pointe du Guern 2
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia conspersa Pointe du Guern 3
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia stenophylla chemo protomatrae Cosquer 1
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia stenophylla chemo protomatrae Cosquer 2
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia stenophylla s.l. Col d'Iraty 1
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia tinctina Corse Lumio 1
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia tinctina Corse Lumio 2
Bernard BOUFFINIER

Lichenostigma cosmopolites Hafel. & Calatayud

Lichenostigma cosmopolites sur Xanthoparmelia tinctina Corse Lumio 3
Bernard BOUFFINIER



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