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21-12-2025 12:34

Nectria ??
Castillo Joseba Castillo Joseba

me mandan el material seco de Galicia (España) 

20-12-2025 23:08

Malvipezia pauli !
Patrice TANCHAUD

Bonsoir, récolte sur sol sablonneux dans l'arriÃ

21-12-2025 09:32

Spherical Pyrenomycete
Josep Torres Josep Torres

Hello.A tiny ascomycete found embedded in wood in

21-12-2025 01:54

Ophiostoma
David Chapados David Chapados

Hi,Would it be possible to find the species with t

20-12-2025 15:47

Greenish asco on pine?
Mirek Gryc

Hi.These grew on pine wood that was heavily covere

20-12-2025 10:49

Small resin asco?
Mirek Gryc

Hi. „I doubt it is possible to identify this ti

18-12-2025 21:17

Two collections of yellowish discs on bare ground
Pol Debaenst

The identification took me to Byssonectria deformi

15-12-2025 07:09

indet. Rutstroemiaceae sp. on unk. fallen leaves
Danny Newman Danny Newman

indet. Rutstroemiaceae sp. on unk. fallen leavesMc

19-12-2025 10:10

Peziza vers varia ?
Patrice TANCHAUD

Bonjour, récolte réalisée en milieu dunaire, a

18-12-2025 17:23

Polydesmia fructicola ?
Bruno Coué Bruno Coué

Bonjour,je serais heureux d'avoir votre avis sur c

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Asco on Himalayan Balsam
Malcolm Greaves, 04-06-2020 18:28
Malcolm GreavesHello
Can someone help with this long necked flask found on a dead Himalayan Balsam stem.
Only 1/3mm with spores 5.3 x 2.5. The spores look to be developing a septa but I could find none with a fully developed one so migh just be the internal structure.
Thanks
Mal
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Guy Buddy, 04-06-2020 23:25
Re : Asco on Himalayan Balsam
Hey Mal
I will take a guess and say something in the ophiostomatales but with only the anamorph it’s hard to narrow it down.
Devin
Malcolm Greaves, 05-06-2020 08:42
Malcolm Greaves
Re : Asco on Himalayan Balsam
Ok thanks for that Devin.
Mal
Paul Cannon, 05-06-2020 18:12
Re : Asco on Himalayan Balsam
Hello Mal

It's possible that this could be Arxiomyces vitis (syn. Phaeostoma vitis), which has evanescent asci with ascospores about the size that you give. They have a single large germ pore (large in comparison to the spore width) at one end of the ascospore - I wasn't sure whether I could see that in your image. It would only be the second GBI collection, to my knowledge, and if you have more material I'd be interested to see it.

There's not much published info on the genus but I'll send you a paper that treats the species (as Phaeostoma).

Best wihes

Paul
Malcolm Greaves, 06-06-2020 22:23
Malcolm Greaves
Re : Asco on Himalayan Balsam
Thanks I will get it in the post.
Paul Cannon, 14-06-2020 17:02
Re : Asco on Himalayan Balsam
I've looked at the specimen that Mal kindly sent me. I think it is a species of Arxiomyces, but it is a little different from A. vitis and is probably undescribed.