2017-10-24 Lichenoconium xanthoriae M.S. Christ 803218

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Summary[edit] Description: Lichenoconium xanthoriae M.S. Christ. Image location: Heber City, Utah, USA Small raised darkly colored, spherical fruiting bodies located on hymenial surface of Xanthoria elegans apothecia. Host lichen is located on side of concrete wall, exposed to direct sunlight and next to main highway. Fruiting bodies of lichenicolous fungus appear to develop central depression making some cup shaped, though most are simply rounded domes on the surface of the host lichen. Many Xanthoria elegans thalli were present on the concrete, but only a small area of 6 cm held two infected thalli. It looks visually similar to Leichenoconium species based on pictures I have viewed from the internet, but this is just a guess not based on any microscopic analysis as of yet. Recognized by sight : For more information about this, see the observation page at Mushroom Observer. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−. Date: 24 October 2017. Source: : This image is Image Number 803218 at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−. Author: : This image was created by user Tobias (T.Hays) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here. English | español | français | italiano | македонски | മലയാളം | português | +/−. Camera location40° 24′ 40.41″ N, 111° 19′ 19.97″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 40.411226; -111.322213.