Table 3.
Colonization rate in inoculation experiments.
| Lichen species inoculated |
Inoculum
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cylindromonium dirinariae | Cylindromonium lichenicola | Control | |
| Dirinaria applanata | 16/20* (80 %)** | 13/15 (87 %) | 3/12 (25 %) |
| Parmotrema tinctorum | 4/4 (100 %) | 2/2 (100 %) | 0/5 (0 %) |
*Number of colonised lichenicolous fungi/the number of inoculated lichens.
**Perithecia produced.