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Hulda Caroline HolteHello,I collected this species growing on a dead b
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William Slosse
Hello all,On 27/03/26, in Kraaiveld in Wingene (Be
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Yanick BOULANGERBonjourVoici des petites fructifications poilues s
27-03-2026 10:47
Ã…ge OterhalsI have tentatively identified this Stictis to S. f
28-03-2026 07:55
Marc Detollenaere
Hello everybody,Yesterday I found a number of whit
26-03-2026 15:31
Ã…ke Widgren
Hello,I found this one in October last year, on r
27-03-2026 15:23
Gernot FriebesHi,this Trichopezizella deviates from typical T. b
27-03-2026 15:08
Gernot FriebesHi,I'm looking for help with this coelomycete on C
Hi,I am trying to identify this small Phaeosphaeria growing on dead Juncus stems. It could be something around P. volkartiana - P. minuscula, but my literature (Leuchtmann 1984, Shoemaker&Babcock 1989) does not give me a species with the spore size 22-25x6-7µm.Â
The perithecia are very small (around 100-130µm), black, with indistinct ostiolus and partly embedded into epidermis. Asci are 80-105x11-14µm.
Mature spores almost have 6-7 septa with 5. cell thicker than the others. Lower part tapered, the whole spore surface is regularly echinulate as seen on the photos.Â
Une idée? merci pour votre l'aide.
amicalement,
björn
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edit: Ok I would call my finding as Massariosphaeria typhicola. If someone has another idea, please tell me ;)
regards,
björn
Hi Björn,
Yes, You're probably right. It's very closed to M. typhicola. Perhaps if you check again ascomatas, you will find longer ascospores ? Perhaps not and it would be interesting.
For waiting, keep this M. sp. cf typhicola in herbarium.
Alain
thank you for the opinion. Yes it would be interesting if there are no other bigger spores. This record was random, I just chipped up something from the surface and had only one fruitbody between substrate material. I did not expect it in this preparation. I hope I can find another fruitbody, if yes, I will check again and tell you something more about the spore size.
regards,
björn
I have made numerous preparates and only one of them had 2 additional fruitbodies with a bigger spore size (23-28x6-7µm). I think it is not mature at all because most spores were inside the asci.
In one of the preparates there were some other spores without asci. I took a photo of them too.
amicalement,
björn
and notice, all preparates were made from the same Juncus stem.
It really looks like M. typhicola.
Alain
Mysterious. But very interesting. I will collect some more Juncus stems next time, even if there is nothing to see :P
Thanks Alain.
Yes, I think. Ther is probablity variability in ascospores' length.
Alain
Perhaps the answers to your questions are in Leuchtmann (über Phaeosphaeria ...)
Alain
If there is something more of this M. roumegueri, I will post it here ;)
regards,
björn
This fungi seems to be very intersting i am working on pleosporales missing types and their phylogeny if you can send me a specimens then i can work on it and do sequecingÂ
I look forward to hearing from you
Thanks
Hiran





