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| Record Summary | on branches and thin trunks of birch |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 13 February 2010 |
| Associated organism | Betula |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 13 Feb 2010[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Thallus: granular, pale bluish green. Young thallus with well developed pale prothallus with grey-brown zone-lines.
Granules: smooth, but with rough patches of soredia.
Apothecia: brownish black with brown proper margin when young.
Phycobiont: pleurococcoid.
Ascospores: usually with two vacuoles so appearing septate, constricted, 12/4.5µm.
Asci: apical half thickened and strongly blued in iodine, the blue area continuous over the apex in typical Fuscidea fashion.
One thallus with area of pycnidia: ostiole open, dark-lipped. Conidia minute, ovoid.
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