27-11-2017 14:04
Eduard OsieckThis Hilberina-like pyrenomycete was found on a de
26-11-2017 15:01
Eduard OsieckWould anyone be able to confirm that this anamorph
29-11-2017 21:56
Alan SmithThe attached photographs are dead, dry leaves of I
27-11-2017 21:14
Thorben HülsewigHi there,today i found this fungus on a dead Porce
29-11-2017 06:45
Ethan CrensonIn New York City on a branch of hardwood. Growin
28-11-2017 14:51
Stephen Martin Mifsud
I found a cluster of tiny ascocarps between 0.3-0.
10-11-2017 08:02
Stephen Martin Mifsud
I have found this Penicillium (like?) species on
28-11-2017 10:16
Stephen Martin Mifsud
Hi, I collected some specimens of Xerocomus which
25-11-2017 23:31
Thorben HülsewigHi there,today i found this asco on perhaps Myosot
Using Declerq's Hilberina key (published in Sterbeeckia 2013) it could be Hilberina subcaudata (a species only known from Belgium). Spore length (41-49,5 um; 3-septate spores) varies more than the two specimens examined by Declerq (44-48,5 um). (This species is not coverd by Miller et al. 2014.)
However, on one of the shown images (#307; 2nd) the ostiole looks somewhat sulcate, although not as prominent as shown in the drawing of a similar species, H. moseri in Hilber (1983). [This feature is not mentioned by Miller et al. 2014 who have examined the type material.] Moreover my find lacks the strongly tuberculate outer wall of H. moseri. Spore width (4,5-5,5 um) is somewhat less than given for H. subcaudata (5-6 um) but wider than in L. moseri (4-4,5 um).
Any comments on the identification of this collection would be appreciated.
Eduard
As I have recently done for others, I am happy to sequence your specimen if you could send me 15-20 ascomata in good condition. I have built an excellent DNA database of taxa in the Helminthosphaeriaceae.
Cheers,
Andy
Thank you very much for your offer to sequence the collection. Unfortunately the number of ascomata present is not more than a few. Moreover, they are scattered over a heavy piece of (hardly rotten) wood. I will revisit the collection site soon, hopefully it is possible to collect more material. I will keep you informed by email.
Cheers, EDuard
Cheers,
Andy