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27-02-2026 11:21

Yannick Mourgues Yannick Mourgues

Hi to all. Here is a specie that can may be relat

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Khomenko Igor Khomenko Igor

I recently examined Celtis occidentalis branches

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Gonzalez Garcia Marta

I have collected some lyre-shaped apothecia on the

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Katarina Pastircakova

Hi there,I'm looking for the following literature:

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Thomas Læssøe

Spores brownish, typically 4-celled; 26.8 x 2.4;

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Thomas Læssøe

https://svampe.databasen.org/observations/10493688

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Michel Hairaud Michel Hairaud

Bonjour, Je cherche des indices  pour cette réc

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Snowmelt Orbilia from California
Alan Rockefeller, 21-04-2021 02:44
Alan RockefellerWhich Orbilia did I find at Echo Lake, Tahoe National Forest, California? It was on the inside of a piece of conifer bark - either Abies magnifica or Pinus contorta. Right at the snowmelt. Dried to an amber color. Small, less than 1 mm diameter.

Micrographs in Melzer's. All parts inamyloid, spores measuring ( 9.8 ) 10.1 – 11.5 (12) × (2.4) 2.7 – 3.1 (3.4) µm. Q = (3.3) 3.4 – 4.2 (4.5).
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Hans-Otto Baral, 21-04-2021 10:56
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Re : Snowmelt Orbilia from California
Hi Alan

I can only recommend you to read the methods in the monograph. When you mount in MLZ then you will be unable to decide if this is an Orbiliomycete or a Helotiales.

Is the sample still fresh?

The asci could be inamyloid or hemiamyloid. If you don't have Lugol, take KOH and after wahsing add MLZ, only then you can be sure about inamyloidity.

Zotto