Lophium mytilinum (Persoon) Fries, 1816

on Pinus, etc.

parasite

Hysterothecia 1 mm, resembling small black mussels, on dead branches. Ascospores straw coloured, 2-3 x 150-170 µm, ≤ 21-septate.

host plants

Pinaceae, oligophagous

Abies pinsapo; Picea abies; Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, pinaster, sylvestris.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 186), Larios, Honrubia & Moreno (1985a), Nordén & Andreasen (2021a).