Tuesday 5 April 2016

Fuscidea lightfootii

Found this morning on a wooden gate. Only a single simple spore was found with 1µm epispore measuring 10x7.5µm not enough to to be certain of identity. If this was a typical spore then Lecidella elaeochroma f soralifera a contender but tests show it to be something else. The thallus was UV+ white and C- suggesting something more like perhaps Fuscidea lightfootii. However, when performing a second section on a younger looking apothecia I found multiple dumbel shaped spores which were typical of Fuscidea lightfootii measuring 8x3.5µm

Fuscidea lightfootii

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