02-12-2025 18:59
Malcolm Greaves
This pair of ascos 2.5cm across were on recently b
02-12-2025 19:25
Buckwheat PeteHello, can anyone identify this hairy fungus growi
30-11-2025 12:53
Edvin Johannesen
White short-stipitate apothecia found on thin twig
30-11-2025 10:47
William Slosse
I recently found a collection of small Peziza sp.
27-11-2025 12:01
Thomas Læssøehttps://svampe.databasen.org/observations/10496727
27-11-2025 11:46
Thomas Læssøehttps://svampe.databasen.org/observations/10493918
A Xylaria globosa (Spreng. ex Fr.) Mont. is a only Xylaria species with red-orange colorations in the ascostroma. This specimen found in the Cordillera Central, 500 mts. altitude, has these characteristics. The orange-red coloration develops only in thin sterile cilindrical stromata arising between fertile globose black stromata , they have few peritecias. The ascospores are 18-24 x 6-8 microns.
In http://mushroaming.com/Amazing_Amazon is referred as X. glabrosa, but i cant found any references to this specie.
Saludo.
In my experience X. polymorpha s.st. and X. obovata (syn schweinitzii) never produce red droplets when emerging but my concept of X. globosa does (= anisopleura). But this complex still needs a lot of attention using other methods :-)
The red drop producing taxon is extremely common in Ecuador and presumably over most of the Neotropics
cheers
Thomas