Lichenodiplis lichenicola # Growth type lichenicolous. Photographs on apothecia and thallus of Rinodina sophodes Infrequently recorded on Rinodina sophodes and Rinodina freyi Globose, dark brown or blackish pycnidia occur singly or in groups, initially immersed before erupting through the host apothecia or thallus. The smooth brown or dark brown conidia are 1-septate, 9.5-13 x 4-4.5 µm. Micrographs below. Similar: Lichenodiplis fallaciosa on Orcularia insperata has simple conidia, 6-10 x 3-4 µm. Lichenodiplis rinodinicola, conidia 7.5-9 × 3-4(-4.5) µm, on Rinodina sophodes but not yet recorded from Britain or Ireland

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Lichenodiplis lichenicola
Lilliput, Dorset. February 2020