Fungi associated with bryophytes in the British Isles
Bryomyes velenovskyi
Hosts: various pleurocarpous mosses, including Thuidium tamariscinum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Hygrohypnum ochraceum, etc. Also recorded on Tortella tortuosa
Ascomata on lower parts of a Thuidium tamariscum shoot under the dissecting microscope. Firestone Copse, VC10, May 2021Ascomata on leaf of Thuidium tamariscinum under the dissecting microscope. Firestone Copse, VC10, May 2021Immature ascospores in ascus mounted in water (1000X). Firestone Copse, VC10, May 2021Mature ascospores mounted in water (1000X). Firestone Copse, VC10, May 2021Pen haustoria penetrating host cells, highlighted by S. Schornack in one of my micrographs.Ascomata forming on inflorescences (?) on lower parts of host shoots (well away from the shoot apex). North Somerset, VC6, June 2022.