Octospora musci-muralis

Hosts: Grimmia pulvinata

Many thanks to Casaba Németh for alerting me to additional collections (featured). Collection details: O. musci-muralis on G. pulvinata, South Woodham Fewers, Nature Reserve SWF, on concrete manhole cover, 51.647497, 0.600965, 30.12.2017, leg. M. L. Tálas, det C. Németh. In the private herbarium of CN. [VC18]

Apothecia on decomposing host tissues. Mountjoy Cemetery, VC10, Dec 2020
Apothecia within host patch. Leg. M. L. Tálas, det C. Németh.
Distinctive ascospores in asci. Leg. M. L. Tálas, det C. Németh.
Comparison between three species that can be found on Grimmia pulvinata.