Another hyphomycete - Ascodichaena rugosa

With all the twig-bothering that's going on related to lichens and pyrenomycetes you can't help running into hyphomycetes. This one took a bit of running down, partly because I was searching under the wrong tree in the literature, but turned out to be Ascodichaena rugosa. Very cute under the microscope, as is often the way with hyphomycetes.

In context - terrible photo though

Microfungi on land plants - Metasphaeria complanata at Calais Muir

On the dead stem of Hogweed these tiny picnidia produced abundant spores when squashed under the microscope. I wish I had tried to retain some of the structure in some of the shots. Maybe next time.

cylindrical spores

Edge of pycnidium

The mouth of the pycnidium

Some internal structures

Microfungi on Land Plants - Puccinia on Silene dioica

Red Campion leaves caught my eye on Friday, with this lovely Puccinia arenariae finding a home on a couple of leaves