Fungi associated with bryophytes in the British Isles
Pithyella chalaudii
Hosts: Frullania dilatata, but in Europe it has been recorded on other epiphytes, perhaps spreading from infected Frullania (see forum posts in AscoFrance). Host specificity is uncertain and multiple similar bryophilous taxa exist, most undescribed. P. trigona is similar but has triangular spores.
Young apothecia, Headon Warren, IoW, March 2025Expanded apothecia, near Monmouth, Feb 2025Material from Briddlesford Copse, VC10, Dec 2021Ascus containing spores in water (1000X). Material from Briddlesford Copse, VC10, Dec 2021Ascospore in cotton blue (in lactic acid) showing warted epispore.Material from Brighstone Forest, VC10, April 2018Hundreds of thousands of apothecia on host patches observed at Headon Warren wood, VC10, late Dec 2021Hundreds of apothecia on host patches observed at Headon Warren wood, VC10, late Dec 2021Another section of the above material.
Bryophilous fungi 