Burgoa splendens

Taxon

Burgoa splendens

Authority
Diederich & Coppins (2007)
Conservation Status
BLS Number
2645
Comments
considered to be faculatively lichenicolous
General Description

A basidiomycete fungus characterised by smooth, shiny, whitish, shortly ellipsoid bulbils, covered by minuscule hair-like cells, over growing epiphytic lichens and bryophytes. So far only recorded from temperate rainforests in Britain, so potentially a species of conservation value. See link & link

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