Bartheletia paradoxa
Description
The fungus Bartheletia paradoxa is a living fossil (an organism that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier times and whose close relatives are usually extinct) found on Ginkgo leaf litter with a unique septal structure in the Basidiomycota.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Found on Ginkgo leaf litter.
When to see it
Late autumn and winter when fallen leaves of Ginkgo are on the ground.
UK Status
Status in Britain is difficult to determine due to lack of records.
VC55 Status
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
AJ CannKnighton Park Leicester30 December 2017Ginkgo biloba leaf with groups of telia
AJ CannKnighton Park Leicester30 December 2017Clumps of telia on the surface of the leaf
AJ CannKnighton Park Leicester30 December 2017Clumps of telia on the surface of the leaf
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AJ CannKnighton Park Leicester30 December 2017Solitary teliospores in the leaf tissue
