Bryoscyphus “rhombisporum” Baral nom. prov.

Hosts: observed in the British Isles of Thuidium tamariscinum, Hypnum cupressiforme and Lewinskya (Orthotrichum) affinis. Always on brownish host tissues. Perhaps this, plus the broad host range, indicates that the fungus is saprotrophic and / or opportunistic.

Apothecia on Thuidium tamariscinum. Firestone Copse, VC10, 2020
Apothecia on Thuidium tamariscinum. Firestone Copse, VC10, 2020
Ascus in IKI (1000X). Firestone Copse, VC10, 2020
Ascospore in water at 1000X. Firestone Copse, VC10, 2020
Whitish to light brown apothecium among leaves on stem of Hypnum cupressiforme. Host was discoloured brown, growing over a rotting log in woodland beside a stream. Briddlesford, VC10, Jan 2022.
Apothecium cut in half (40X). Briddlesford, VC10, Jan 2022.
Ascospores in water. Briddlesford, VC10, Jan 2022.
A pair of ascospores in water. Briddlesford, VC10, Jan 2022.
Amended drawings of the Briddlesford collection. Briddlesford, VC10, Jan 2022.