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24-11-2018 19:58

Joop van der Lee Joop van der Lee

Found on cow dung, most of the time in the visinit

03-12-2018 03:12

Matthias Mann Matthias Mann

Chers spécialistes, reading Ethan's topic from

05-12-2018 12:19

Castillo Joseba Castillo Joseba

Me mandan de Galicia material seco de este Ascomyc

02-12-2018 18:14

Ueli Graf Ueli Graf

Hymenoscyphus oder Phaeohelotium auf einem Laubhol

04-12-2018 13:27

Bernard CLESSE Bernard CLESSE

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,J'ai trouvé récemme

28-11-2018 21:26

Malcolm  Greaves Malcolm Greaves

This perethecia c.25mm was on horse dung. The only

02-12-2018 10:26

Per Marstad Per Marstad

I found this on wood, probably Fagus, in Norway.Ve

03-12-2018 18:38

Lieve Deceuninck Lieve Deceuninck

Dear members of AscofranceIn several publications,

28-11-2018 19:35

Ethan Crenson

Hello all!In New York City this weekend I found wh

02-12-2018 14:30

Amadej Trnkoczy Amadej Trnkoczy

Hi there! Could this be Peziza cerea? Substratum

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Mycoarachis inversa
Joop van der Lee, 24-11-2018 19:58
Joop van der LeeFound on cow dung, most of the time in the visinity of Schizothecium species.
Fruitbody: Round 170,2-173 um in diameter, surrounded by a gelatinous layer approx. 60 um thick, dark green in colour.
Spores: Round and/or pointed 6.8-7.3 um covered with round warts 2.2-2.5 um.
The first time spores were measured when in water but missing the warts so the second time measurement was performed in Melzer.

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David Malloch, 25-11-2018 01:41
David Malloch
Re : Unknown asco
Hello Joop,
That is a very interesting fungus. Do the fruiting bodies have an opening of some kind? The round asci look like the kind you find in a cleistothecium but your pictures suggest that maybe there is an ostiole. Also, do the asci contain 8 ascospores or are there more than that?
Regards,
David
Michel Delpont, 25-11-2018 11:34
Michel Delpont
Re : Unknown asco
Hello !

What you show on all your photos are in my opinion asci and it is very difficult to see the spores alone. Are there any hairs? Afraid to be could you look for the genera Lophotrichus, Kernia. There is also the genus Orbicula but in the latter the asci are cylindrical.


Michel.

Sven Heinz, 25-11-2018 17:44
Sven Heinz
Re : Unknown asco
Hello Joop,

your fungus reminds me of Pithoascus nidicola.

Greetings Sven
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Joop van der Lee, 26-11-2018 20:39
Joop van der Lee
Re : Unknown asco
Hello Sven,

Can you provide me the following article.


Pithoascus nidicola (Massee & E.S. Salmon) Arx, Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C 76 (3): 292 (1973) [MB#320551]

Regards,
Joop
Sven Heinz, 26-11-2018 21:02
Sven Heinz
Re : Unknown asco
Hello Joop,

unfortunately, I do not own this article!

Greetings Sven
Björn Wergen, 26-11-2018 21:26
Björn Wergen
Re : Unknown asco
Joop van der Lee, 27-11-2018 07:48
Joop van der Lee
Re : Unknown asco

Hello Sven,

I will try to get the article in the library of Naturalis when I can find the time to do so.

If it is succesful I will send you a copy.


Joop


Joop van der Lee, 27-11-2018 07:48
Joop van der Lee
Re : Unknown asco
Thanks Bjorn I will have a look.


Joop
Joop van der Lee, 27-11-2018 07:57
Joop van der Lee
Re : Unknown asco
Hello David,

In my opinion it is a single ascus species like Thelebolus stercoreus containing hundreds of spores.
I did not find any ostiole but maybe that is possible when these species are ripe.

It is typical that these species were found together with Schizothecium conicum species.

When putting pressure on the cover glass the species bursts open (photo #4).

Joop
Joop van der Lee, 01-12-2018 12:37
Joop van der Lee
Re : Unknown asco
Hello Sven,

I collected some more information about this species and it will present different shapes of spores when using different fluids.
Photo #1 when using water.
Photo #2 when using Melzer
Photo #3&4 when using Congo Red.

It seems to me that the presentation on #2 show the spores as seen in #3&4 clinging to each other. Whereby at first I thought that they were warts.

The spores consist of 2 cells, each cell measures 2.45 um in diameter, the total of 2 cells combined is 4.9 um.
Each cell is filled with a "the bary bubble".

When measuring the cells as presented in #2 (or other photos I made) the result will be the same as in #3&4 namely 2.45 um.


Greetings,

Joop
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David Malloch, 01-12-2018 15:03
David Malloch
Re : Unknown asco
Hello Joop,

I believe this fungus is Mycoarachis inversa, a species characterized by two-celled peanut-shaped spores and a cleistothecial peridium with the hyaline layers on the outside (hence "inversa"). 

David

Joop van der Lee, 01-12-2018 23:25
Joop van der Lee
Re : Unknown asco
Thanks David.

Joop
Norbert Heine, 05-12-2018 15:05
Norbert Heine
Re : Unknown asco
This is a very nice found, Joop!

Thanks to all for this interesting discussion.

I didn't know this genus before.

I think that this is exactly the species, descriped by Dave & R.F.Cain, 1970, as Mycoarachis inversa.


At the fotos you can see the hyaline outer layer of the peridium and the unique, peanut shaped ascospores.

In the article by Melo et al. 2017 you can find also a description with some nice pics. Plate 1, figs. 17-21


It seems that this species until now is only known from North and South America and Africa.

Best regards, Norbert
Michel Delpont, 05-12-2018 16:44
Michel Delpont
Re : Unknown asco
Joop avait déjà trouvé cette espèce en 2015 !


Michel.
Norbert Heine, 05-12-2018 17:00
Norbert Heine
Re : Unknown asco
Thank you, Michel!

I think that I overlooked this.

Nevertheless it seems to be a nice and rare species!

Regards, Norbert