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Stephen Martin Mifsud
I was happy to find these orange asmocyetes which
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Niek SchrierHi all,We found groups of perithecia on a Lecanora
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Isabelle CharissouBonjour,J'aimerais savoir si d'autres personnes au
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MARICEL PATINOHi there, although I couldn't see the fruitbody, I
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Original loamy soil aside a artificial lake.The co
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Collected from loamy soil, at waterside (completel
Melanospora
Joop van der Lee,
21-10-2014 10:46
Fruitbody is hard to find because the colour of its body is equal to that of the surrounding dung.I could only find them because of the spore ejeculation that took place.
Fruitbody: lightbrown/orange, 0.36x0.36 mm
Asci: 55.5x26.5 um with a short stipe of 9.0x5.3 um, asci is containing young spores
Asci with almost mature spores 62.8x32.7 um
Spores: 17.5-19x14-16.5x12.5-13.5 um
Joop
Michel Delpont,
21-10-2014 13:33
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
Hi Joop.
Your photos are not clear enough to distinguish some of the details, but it seems that there is no stalk or gelatinous appendages on spores. It also looks like some spores have two germ pores, is that correct?
Michel.
Your photos are not clear enough to distinguish some of the details, but it seems that there is no stalk or gelatinous appendages on spores. It also looks like some spores have two germ pores, is that correct?
Michel.
Joop van der Lee,
21-10-2014 13:50
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
That is correct Michel, the spores look like those of a Chaetomium.
Michel Delpont,
21-10-2014 15:59
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
Have you thought about the kind Melanospora?
Michel.
Michel.
Joop van der Lee,
21-10-2014 16:46
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
I will check Michel with what I could find it seems that way, do you have any documentation about these species?
Joop
Joop
Michel Delpont,
21-10-2014 21:10
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
Sent directly to your address!
Michel.
Michel.
Joop van der Lee,
24-10-2014 16:31
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
More details about the species:
Spores; ellipsoid-citriform with two depressed germ pores, in one position spore shows flattened side when ellipsodial.
Spores; ellipsoid-citriform with two depressed germ pores, in one position spore shows flattened side when ellipsodial.
Recalculated measurement spores: 19.85-21.25x15-16.5x11.8-12.4um
No beak observed, fruitbody collapsed as soon as it's under the coverglass
Measurements come close to M. brevirostris.
Michel Delpont,
26-10-2014 18:08
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
La taille et la forme des spores ressembleraient plus à M.zamiae; as tu pu mesurer la longueur du col ?
Michel.
Michel.
Joop van der Lee,
03-11-2014 08:27
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
Je n'ai pas trouvé un col Michel, je vais continuer à chercher
Alex Akulov,
03-11-2014 08:50
Re : Unknown asco on horse dung
Please, try yo use this key
Alex
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A-re-evaluatiom-of-Melanospora-0001.pdf