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A friend sent me a few Betula seeds with tiny blac

04-06-2025 15:10
Stefan JakobssonHi forum, On a herbaceous stem, possibly Aegopodi

03-06-2025 20:52
Stefan BlaserHello everybody, I didn't get anywhere with this

20-05-2025 22:15

I found this ascomycete at the base of a dead fern

30-05-2025 17:54
Louis DENYHello forum!Touvé près de Belfort, altitude 350m

31-05-2025 00:51
Ethan CrensonHello, Last week in New York City this Orbilia wa
on old bark of populus
Robin Isaksson,
03-02-2020 21:07

does some one recognice it?
have hard to tell genus.
spores 17-20x 4-5 um
Asci is 8 spored, asci not react to lugols. 75- 90 long
Regards
Kosonen Timo,
03-02-2020 21:29

Re : on old bark of populus
Hello,
Could you give measures for the hairs? What about MLZ and CB reactions? Study carefully excipular cells and hairs for any staining small nodules (MLZ dark or CB+). Looks almost like having croziers, can you confirm? -"Psilocistella"... No more precise opinion at this moment.
Timo
Robin Isaksson,
03-02-2020 22:03
Kosonen Timo,
04-02-2020 07:44

Re : on old bark of populus
ok.
The green colour is most probably an artefact of the yellow pigment of the apo combining with blue.
I can only say "Psilocistella" with relatively big spores. The thin-walled, not-glassy multiseptate hairs with round apex is the uniting character in this group. but but... I am not saying these species make a nice (monophyletic) genus. It seems more complicated.
--btw. Did the apothecia (hymenia) turn reddish brown when mature/dry?
You can check Baral's folder for Psilocistella. And also Luis Quijada had recently an article on Psilocistellas (Quijada et al 2014. Is Psilocistella quercina (Velen.) Svr?ek a good taxon?). And as usual, the sequence material coverage for this part of Hyaloscyphaceae is intriguingly low.
Please carry on! :-)
Timo
Robin Isaksson,
04-02-2020 21:03
Kosonen Timo,
05-02-2020 06:22

Re : on old bark of populus
I'll be happy to check the sample. I'll send you email.
Timo