BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Lirula macrospora (R. Hartig) Darker, 1967 (an ascomycete fungus)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Minter, D., 1990 (Colour photograph (as L. nervisequia, in error)) | First Steps: Little Black Spots |
Lirula macrospora may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore-shooters) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
RHYTISMATACEAE (a family of ascomycetes) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Lirula macrospora is associated with:
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apothecium | Picea abies - Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree (Pinaceae) | apothecium is saprobic on dead needle | 
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Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on dead needles on live branches surrounded by living needles on young trees stunted by shading] Minter, D., 1990 |
Associated with Lirula macrospora:
Lirula macrospora may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Minter, D., 1990 | First Steps: Little Black Spots |
