Burgoa angulosa

Taxon

Burgoa angulosa

Authority
Diederich, Lawrey & Etayo (2007)
Conservation Status
BLS Number
2644
Comments
considered to be faculatively lichenicolous
Taxon Photo
General Description

A basidiomycete fungus characterised by whitish bulbils with an irregular shape and an often angular surface, over growing epiphytic foliose and crustose lichens, bryophytes or algae. Similar to Burgoa moriformis but B. angulosa bulbils are larger (100–250 μm diam.) and internally composed of elongate, straight or curved, rarely ramified, septate hyphae, while those B. moriformis are smaller (35–65 μm diam) and an agglomeration of hyaline, subspherical, ballooned, smooth cells. Probably widespread but much under recorded. See link.

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References

Diederich, P., A. M. Millanes, M. Wedin & J. D. Lawrey. 2022. Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi, Vol. 1, Basidio­ mycota. National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg, 351 pp. Link

Text by Neil A Sanderson based on  Diederich et al (2022)