Boeremia hedericola
Boeremia hedericola produces large spots on the living leaves of various Ivy species. It produces asexual spores from the tiny brown pycnidia (fruiting bodies).
There are several very similar species (e.g. see Colletotrichum trichellum).
host 
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on Ivy leaves
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Sapcote Road
17 February 2021
on Ivy, det. R Lemmon
martindgrimes
Ketton Roadside Verge
30 October 2020
on ivy, det. R Lemmon
microscopic examination of conidia
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Sapcote Road
17 February 2021
on Ivy, det. R Lemmon
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Species profile
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Pleosporales
- Family:
- Didymellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 30/10/2020 (Grimes, Martin)
- Last record:
- 17/02/2021 (Calow, Graham)
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