Fungi associated with bryophytes in the British Isles
Nectria muscivora
Hosts: various mosses on walls, especially Pottiaceae on vertical walls.
A group of perithecia on Didymodon luridus. Hollow Lane, Godshill, Isle of Wight, 30.XII.2025.Zoomed out version of the same collection showing necrosis.Outer excipulum in water.Tomentum / aerial hyphae in water.Periphyses in squash mount in water.Fresh asci and spores in water.Ascospores (living) in water.