Lamprospora miniata var. parvispora

Hosts: Barbula unguiculata and B. convoluta

Photos below tentative but this species has apparently been reported in the British Isles. Below on Possible Didymodon rigidulus on chalky soil with Aloina ambigua. Ascospores globose, 13-15(15.5) diam. Might have been a host mixture.

Spores in ascus in water. Leg. Rubinstein, S. Sussex.
Possible appressorium on host rhizoid – preparation stained in lactophenol cotton blue. Leg. Rubinstein, S. Sussex.