Description: Search for this species on the thalli of Aspicilia calcarea growing on natural limestone outcrops. T. episema is lichenicolous and is entirely restricted to this host. Examination of the spores shows them to be unvaryingly one-septate. It is under-recorded in Ireland, judging from its scattered distribution: Counties Galway, Cork and Offaly.

Key Identification Features:

• Lichenicolous lichen growing on Aspicilia calcarea; at classic limestone areas such as the Burren, County Galway
• Thallus immersed; discs black.

Original text submitted by Vince J. Giavarini

Distribution Map from NBN: Kiliasia episema at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Kiliasia episema at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.