Hi all,

I recently found what I think is a Camaropella sp. in New York City. The substrate is a decorticated branch of very wet wood. It may be Pinus. Immersed perithecia emerging in a cushion-like stroma.  There is white material between the ostioles.  There is a yellow staining to the wood associated with this pyreno. Asci IKI-, 50-64 x 5-6µm, the spore bearing part 30-39µm.  The spores are ellipsoid, light brown, with two guttules, 5-7 x 2.5-3µm, no visible septa, but there IS what appears to be a germ pore at one end.  Perhaps this is Camaropella pugillus.  I was not certain if the yellow staining to the wood indicated Camaropella lutea, since the material surrounding the ostioles is white, not yellow.

Any help would be wonderful.

Thanks,

Ethan