Difficult without the ornamentation of spores, but hair length and size of the spores could match. To be confirmed.

Michel.

Just a provisional update on this one.
Having no luck with the specimens maturing I went back and collected what I hoped were more mature specimens. One shown was very pale so I hoped this would provide the necessary spores. I did notice that one or two of the apothecia were convex) Unfortunately all were still reluctant to release any spores. Many of the ascii had aborted spores in both the first collection and the second.
The hairs were still very crowded especially at the edge (but not overlapping the edge) mostly 150 (the longest I found was 175) all simple roots.
The very few spores that were expelled were 14-15 x 10.5-11 and had the wrong shape for S minutella. Staining was not sucessful with most spores absorbing the stain.
I will continue to monior in the hope at least one of the fruit-bodies matures.
Mal

I have finally started to get ejected spores but not sure it will help with the id. None seem to show ornamentation. Some still show internal guttules and some just seem to take up the cotton blue internally.
Any help appreciated.
Mal

Adio Mal,

Definitively not mature !!
Surely, it isn't minutella.

Beñat

At last dozens of ejected spores but still none showing the Scutellinia type ornamentation. This will just have to go down as an unusual but unknown Scutellinia.

Thanks
Mal

Adio Mal,

I have received material in good state.
Not possible to determinate because victim of an abortive development, probably genetical problem at the beginning, in the mycelium, because all of apothecia have problems on paraphyses, hairs, asci and spores.
And I have seen ejected spores on slides, but naturally, abortive, not-developed.

A mount of some problems,

Beñat

Thanks for your time Beñat. No wonder I was having trouble coming to any successful conclusion.
I will just have to keep an eye open on the site next year and try again.

Mal