Hyphomycete Psammina stipitata Q Growth type lichenicolous Specimen in lobe of Punctelia borreri Psammina stipitata is algicolous or lichenicolous, each conidia having more than 20 arms. The arms are 21-40 x 3-4 µm, 3-7 septate with the apex rounded. Identification is uncertain as the micrographs below are probably young conidia of Psammina filamentosa (Henk-Jan van der Kolk).

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Psammina sp.
Photographs: Wincombe Park, Wiltshire. May 2024