Strigulaceae Dichoporis taylorii (Strigula taylorii) Growth type crustose Chemical results negative Local distribution on mature, sheltered, +/- smooth-barked trees. BLS conservation evaluation: LC NS Sc IR Thin brown or olive-brown, +/- immersed thallus with projecting perithecia and smaller pycnidia. Spores are easily broken, 1-septate, 19-24 x 4-5 µm. Both macro and microconidia are present. Micrograph of conidia below. Similar: Strigula jamesii has whitish-grey thallus and 3-septate spores. Porina aenea and Porina borreri lack pycnidia

Microscope photograph

Dichoporis taylorii (Strigula taylorii)
On Ash, Upton Park, Dorset. January 2013. Studland February 2015