Bryomyces microcapus var. microcarpus

Hosts: Schistidium confertum, Hylocomium splendens.

Ascomata on leaf of lower shoot side branch.
Asci with grey ascospores in water.
Grey ascospores in water.
External structure of the peridium in water.
Superficial hyphae over plant cells in water.
Putative B. microcarpus (without mature spores) on Fissidens dubius. NMW c96.20.415. Leg. H.H. Birks & H.J.B. Birks, 14/09/1967, H1: Loch Avoonan, Brandon Mountain, County Kerry, Ireland. Sample inadvertently collected with Lejeunea hibernica. Voucher from the National Museum of Wales BBS herbarium collection.