Irish lichens
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Family: Tremellaceae
Species: Tremella ramalinae # Photos: On Ramalina lacera, Co. Waterford, SW Ireland. A lichenicolous basidiomycete forming gelatinous pinkish galls that become yellowish or reddish brown as they mature. The galls (basidiomata) are 0.4-3mm in diameter with a constricted base, convex and disc-shaped becoming tuberculate. Basidia are 23-34 x 8-14 µm, inversely pear-shaped with two transverse septa. The upper cell has one longitudinal septum, the lower cell is elongated with a stalk-like base. Recorded as parasitic on Ramalina fraxinea and Ramalina lacera Similar: Ramalina tuckerae also occurs on Ramalina but basidia have single longitudinal or oblique septum and no transverse septa |
Tremella ramalinae. April 2012