Sphinctrina tubiformis

Taxon

Sphinctrina tubiformis

Authority

A. Massal. (1853)

Conservation Status

DD NR (Key)

BLS Number

1959

Taxon Photo

Sphinctrina tubiformis on Pertusaria pustulata, Beech, Buketts Wood, New Forest

Sphinctrina tubiformis on Pertusaria pustulata, Beech, Mark Ash Wood, New Forest

Sphinctrina tubiformis, spores, Beech, Mark Ash Wood, New Forest

General Description

Parasitic on Pertusaria species, reported as mainly on Pertusaria leioplaca, but all recent confirmed specimens from the New Forest were found to be on Pertusaria pustulata, which resembled Pertusaria leioplaca when danaged by the parasite. Records from Pertusaria pseudocorallina in the west may be another taxa.

Distribution Map