Hello Everyone,

I have been sent fruit bodies of a pale yellow asco, soon becoming a creamy orange colour, growing on dead, attached twigs of Taxus baccata, which are losing their bark.

The fruit bodies range between flat discs and convex cushions (illustrated).

The microscopy is attached. Many of the 1-septate spores have one cell wider than the other. The septum is either central or slightly nearer the lower end.

There do not seem to be many ascomycetes which grow on Taxus baccata (none in the Ascofrance database). Having spent a few hours investigating, I am still none the wiser.

I wonder if anyone has encountered anything like this and might know what it is? 

Thank you,
Peter Thompson.