05-03-2026 16:30
François BartholomeeusenDear forum members, On the 2nd of February 2026,
06-03-2026 09:41
Alain GARDIENNET
Hi forum, I'm now looking for another reference c
05-03-2026 10:07
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I found and collected this species growing
19-02-2026 17:49
Salvador Emilio JoseHola buenas tardes!! Necesito ayuda para la ident
03-03-2026 20:34
Miguel Ángel Ribes
Good eveningThese small, amphora-shaped perithecia
Mollisia sp.
François Freléchoux,
21-11-2025 10:47
Bonjour,Peut-être Mollisia palustris ?
Trouvée sur tige de Phragmites, tout en bas, quasiment dans l'eau.
Fructifications 0,5-1,5 mm, sessiles et appliquées contre le substrat, gris-brun, marge claire. Elles jaunissent fortement dans le KOH. Spores petites 5-7 x 1-1,5- µm, incurvées, guttulées aux extrémités. Asques 30-40 x 3-5 µm, J+, avec crochet ( ?). Paraphyses : plus ou moins de même longueur et assez larges, avec de nombreuses vacuoles très réfringentes. Excipulum extal : textura globosa. Présence de poils brun septés et issus de l'excipulum ectal.
Merci de donner votre avis.
François
Hans-Otto Baral,
21-11-2025 16:01
Re : Mollisia sp.
Typical Mollisia caricina, except that this could be heterogeneous and your find would be M. phragmitis. See article by Gminder 2006 in Czech Mycol.
François Freléchoux,
21-11-2025 16:35
Re : Mollisia sp.
Thank you very much!
François Freléchoux,
21-11-2025 18:26
Re : Mollisia sp.
Do you think it would be useful to sequence it?
François
François
Hans-Otto Baral,
21-11-2025 20:39
Re : Mollisia sp.
I am indeed glad about such a question. M. caricina/phragmitis is a problem to be solved. At the mnoment (no, it is 3.5 years ago) we know the following: Typha has a special clade very distant from Phalaris and Festuca. So it seems probable that Phragmites is in the latter clade and M. phragmitis comprises Poaceae while M. caricina is restricted to Cyperaceae and Typhaceae. But this is a bit speculative.
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François Freléchoux,
21-11-2025 21:30
Re : Mollisia sp.
I put it out to dry and we're going to sequence it.
François
Best regards
François
Louis DENY,
17-12-2025 11:21
Re : Mollisia sp.
I found what I assume is the same mollisia, aslso on Phragmites, with a strong posotive reaction with KOH, minute spores needle shape (5-8X1.2-1.5), sometimes curves, OCI 0-1 (one small guttule at each end) and asci 30-40 long with croziers.
Hans-Otto Baral,
17-12-2025 13:36
Re : Mollisia sp.
Yes, earlier I said M. caricina but now I say M. phragmitis, believing that Cyperaceae have M. caricina.