Nectriaceae Xenonectriella subimperspicua Growth type lichenicolous Photographs on Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta Recorded from the thallus of foliose lichens including Hypotrachyna, Punctelia and Ricasolia (Lobaria) species Small orange to pink perithecia, darker round the ostioles and immersed in the host thallus. Asci are 8-spored, spores 1-septate, 6.5-8 x 5-6 µm. Micrographs below Similar include: Xenonectriella physciacearum on Phaeophyscia and Physcia species and Xenonectriella zimmermanni on Physcia tenella

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Xenonectriella subimperspicua
Photographs: Pamphill Green, Dorset. March 2024