27/Sep/25, 2:34 PM
Läiaküla raba, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Decidious boggy forest, hardwood branch, on Parmelia sulcata lichen
59°28'03.8"N 24°53'25.3"E
🌡️ 13°C 🌤️ Passing clouds. Wind 40° NE->SW, 13 km/h
Original Instagram postNectriopsis rubefaciens
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- Scientific identification
- Nectriopsis rubefaciens (Ellis & Everh.) M.S.Cole & D.Hawksw.
- Family
- Bionectriaceae
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Genus
- Nectriopsis
Names across languages
- English: -
- German: -
- Finnish: -
- Estonian: -
- Russian: Нектриопсис краснеющий
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2025-09-27.
Hymenium
Perithecia with ostioles—reddish-orange, globose to subglobose, surface often with scattered glandular hairs around the ostiole
Cap
N/A (does not form a cap; perithecial fungus)
Hymenium Attachment
N/A
Stipe
N/A
Spore print
Spore Print: N/A (minute ascomycete; no macroscopic spore print)
Description
Lichenicolous (parasitic on lichens), especially crustose and foliose lichens (Aspicilia, Parmeliaceae hosts), grows on the thalli of host lichens in damp forest habitats
Edibility
Inedible (microscopic parasitic fungus)
Fruit body
Fruit Body (Perithecium) size 80–160 µm diameter
Dimensions
Cap: N/A
Chemical reactions
N/A
Odour
N/A
Taste
N/A
Microscopy
Microscopic Features:
Description
Ascospores: Hyaline, oblong–cylindrical, 8 per ascus (8-spored asci)
Description
Paraphyses: Absent
Description
Perithecial hairs: Gland-like hairs surrounding ostioles, fine cellular in texture
Overview
Small, host-specific lichen parasite producing reddish-orange perithecia embedded on lichen thalli
2001). Mycotaxon 77: 322.
Field encounters
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