Holla Miguel.

You do not specify the substrate, but it looks good on the picture that there is dung. This is a difficult species to determine, but I think C.denissi corresponds to your description. Have you also checked the length of asci?

Michel.

Upsss, I am sorry Michel

Of course, substrate is cow dung, and this are measures of living asci at 600x:
(267.5) 280.0 - 310.6 (326.3) x (17.1) 17.6 - 20.4 (21.2) µm; N = 24; Me = 295.6 x 19.1 µm

Why is so difficult to determine this species? According to Moravec, the nearest species is C. liskae, who have shorter hairs (90-300 x 10-30), bi, tri o multifurcate; asci shorter and wider (150-180x18-27) and longer spores (18-22,5 x 10-13).

The doubt is that Moravec spores measure for C. denisii are 14-21 x 8-13,5, and asci 170-240 x 13,5-18, both shorter than mine, perhaps died material?

Thank you Michel

Hi Miguel

surely the asci show such enormous shrinkage as is seen between your and Moravec's ascus sizes. The spore data are more equal when considering perhaps immature spores included in Moravec's data. Moravec probably mostly measured dead elements as far as I know his papers.

I have only a few pages of Moravec's monograph. On Fig. 23 I wonder why he figured a dead (b) and a living ascus (c) and addressed them to different varieties. Was he unaware of ascus shrinkage?

In your sample I am impressed especially of the carotenoid crystals in the paraphyses. I know this feature only in Scutellinia, and in one species of Cheilymenia (crucipila), which was later transferred to Scutellinia, I think for molecular reasons.

Maybe Cheilymenia dennisii is also a masked Scutellinia despite of the low lipid content in the spores?
 
Zotto

Yes, I saw irregular edge in spore, paraphysis and asci drawing at Moravec monograph, so I assumed they were dead, but I was not sure.

I think my measures are on living state (attached picture).

Another discrepance with Moravec is about croziers, he said no croziers, and I think mine has it.

Very interesting hypothesis about Cheilymenia / Scutellinia ¿?, of course I have no answer.

Thank you

Yes, these are alive. 

But I was wondering about the ascus base, it looks to me like lacking croziers.

Ok so, you have more experience.

Thanks.