Epibryon casaresii

Hosts: various, especially leafy liverworts. Here, recorded on Scapania gracilis, S. nemorea, Diplophyllum albicans, Polytrichum spp., Oligotrichum hercynicum, Sphagnum sp. and Barbilophozia hatcheri. May be an aggregate of several similar taxa.

Black ascomata on Scapania gracilis. Cumbia, VC70, Greiff March 2023.
Ascoma and contents in squash preparation. From Diplophyllum albicans, leg. N. Hodgetts. 2022.
Intracellular hyphae (1000X) on Scapania gracilis
Superficial hyphae (1000X) on Scapania gracilis
Five fruitbodies on a host leaf in water. Scotland, Cairn Gorm, on Oligotrichum hercynicum, July 2019.
Young fruitbody with vegetative hyphae at the base (left). (Sample stained in Baral’s Iodine). Scotland, Cairn Gorm, on Oligotrichum hercynicum, July 2019.
Spine morphology: 1-septate and often curved towards the substrate (sample stained in Baral’s Iodine). Scotland, Cairn Gorm, on Oligotrichum hercynicum, July 2019.
Cellular structure of the peridium (sample stained in Baral’s Iodine). Scotland, Cairn Gorm, on Oligotrichum hercynicum, July 2019.
Broken fruitbody and iodine-stained asci with 1-septate spores (stained in Baral’s Iodine). Scotland, Cairn Gorm, on Oligotrichum hercynicum, July 2019.
Asci containing ascospores with red-orange-staining hymenial gel (stained in Baral’s Iodine). Scotland, Cairn Gorm, on Oligotrichum hercynicum, July 2019.