Wednesday 27 January 2016
If you start getting bored of bryophytes...
(or can't go far from home for a while) you can always move on to looking at fungi which parasitise bryophytes! There is now an outstanding new reference website for these things http://www.octospora.de/, including a list of bryophyte hosts (http://www.octospora.de/HostParasite.htm) and lots of info, descriptions and photos. Octospora grimmiae on Grimmia pulvinata should be worth a look, as should Neotiella ricciae on Riccia spp. What fun, with lots of spore squashes to enjoy!!
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This sounds like Mark Evans territory!
ReplyDeleteI can't say I've ever noticed these, but will certainly pay closer attention to the Grimmia pulvinata cushions now.
They look quite fascinating, the first challenge is finding one!
ReplyDeleteFascinating Sam. I often see lots of algae, but I can't recall ever seeing a fruiting ascomycete like that. Shall look more carefully in future. Yet another measure of biodiversity we can all contribute to.
ReplyDeleteCool. On the side and not fungi- myself and Chris Carter (who is an algae buff) produced a list of the algae associated with some of the tufa springs (H7220 Petrifying springs with tufa formation w Cratoneurion). I haven't got a clue what it means but the pictures are ACE ! We have also been doing algal analysis on some tufa seepage with Eucladium near St Marys Well bay. We have produced a note with the info on so if you know anyone who has any interest let me know and I can send it to them !
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