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09-06-2026 18:32

Vibrisseaceae(?) sur phragmites
Camille Mertens

Sur morceau de roseau immergé 0,5 - 0,7 mm de dia

08-06-2026 17:00

Hamatocanthoscypha on Osmunda?
François Bartholomeeusen

Good day everyone, On June 5 2026, I collected de

08-06-2026 10:16

Seemingly Helicosporeous fungus
Spooren Marco Spooren Marco

I don`t have a clou about this fungus,it is not in

07-06-2026 18:18

Mollisia
Mario Schulz

Hello everyone, i found on 31.5 the following Mol

07-06-2026 15:10

Hymenoscyphus albidus?
William Slosse William Slosse

Hello everyone,On 05-06-26, I found following asco

05-06-2026 11:02

Laterally compressed apothecia with blue pigments, bitunicate asci and 4-celled brown spores - Denmark
Thomas Læssøe

https://svampe.databasen.org/observations/10596691

07-06-2026 12:09

Lachnum sp. (nudipes) sur Filipendula
François Freléchoux François Freléchoux

Bonjour, Voici une brève description de ce qui m

07-06-2026 12:43

Mycoparasite of Pyrenomycete?
Steve Clements

Bojour. This was a strange find on a stick on my

12-07-2015 00:05

Peziza paludicola or something else?
Nedim Jukic Nedim Jukic

This one from the same locality as the previous on

06-06-2026 17:44

Immature Hyaloscypha fuckelii?
Steve Clements

Bonjour, This disco was on planed wood 3 x 1.5 cm

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Podospora excentrica
Chris Yeates, 08-10-2021 17:19
Chris Yeates
Bonjour tous

A recent collection of dung from mountain hare Lepus timidus was seen to have a perithecium of this species even before incubation commenced. Examination with Nomarski DIC gave an opportunity to look for the gelatinous appendages normally invisible without indian ink (which was later used to double-check the identification). The perithecium only contained asci at various stages of immaturity, some old collapsed spores and numerous fully mature ones no longer in their asci.

So these images show the latter, as well as a couple of submature spores which show the asymmetry well. I thought fellow copromycologists might be interested. As you can see with DIC the apical appendage shows quite well as a sort of gel sheath, with a definite margin - hard to see in indian ink mounts which are of necessity more diffuse. I was not able to distinguish the basal appendages with this technique, perhaps because the spores were not fresh out of the asci.

Another feature I noticed - though forgot to photograph - was that the pedicels were consistently of a distinctive shape. Unlike the simply rounded club-like pedicels one generally sees in Podospora these had a rather "pinched out" apex, a little like a teat.

Amitiés, Chris
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Michel Delpont, 08-10-2021 18:45
Michel Delpont
Re : Podospora excentrica
Bonsoir Chris!

Indeed the shape of the spores and their pedicels of your harvest make one think of exentrica. Have you been able to observe the hairs at the top of the perithecium and measure the size of the spores?


Amitiés.


Michel.

Chris Yeates, 08-10-2021 19:26
Chris Yeates
Re : Podospora excentrica
Bonsoir Michel

Yes tufts of hairs like these, and some much longer, spore size 33.2-38 x 18.2-20.5µm. Appendages also checked in indian ink.

Amitiés, Chris
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Michel Delpont, 08-10-2021 20:15
Michel Delpont
Re : Podospora excentrica
The size of the spores is in the upper range (especially the width), the hairs as well as the slightly exentricated germ pore lead to P.exentrica.

Michel.


Chris Yeates, 08-10-2021 20:36
Chris Yeates
Re : Podospora excentrica
Thanks

Lundqvist in Nordic Sordariaceae gives much wider spore measurements (18-24µm). I've noticed on other occasions that his measurements can differ from other authors. Doveri gives a Qe of 1.89, mine was 1.9; so yes I'm happy with the identification.

Chris
Norbert Heine, 08-10-2021 23:12
Norbert Heine
Re : Podospora excentrica
Great Found, Chris!

In my opinion this is a rare species. You should compare with this nice documentation.


Norbert