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13-10-2015 23:55

Alan Rockefeller Alan Rockefeller

I found a couple collections of this small asco at

04-10-2015 20:13

Leandro Sánchez Leandro Sánchez

Diamètre max 7 mmCroziers +, IKI +.Cordialement

11-10-2015 11:43

Bernard CLESSE Bernard CLESSE

Bonjour à tous,Voici ce qui me semble être un Hy

12-10-2015 20:07

Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

... found in the Bavarian forest, on a decorticate

07-10-2015 19:23

Tapia Fidel Tapia Fidel

I request the following literature: Cain, R. F. 

13-10-2015 13:55

Kosonen Timo Kosonen Timo

Bonjour,This handsome +- immature Lachnaceae (righ

12-10-2015 20:11

Elisabeth Stöckli

Sur terre nue (dans un prés à 1'500m), apothéci

12-10-2015 05:25

Danny Newman Danny Newman

Greetings AscoFrance! Here is a curious discomyce

12-10-2015 14:38

Jean-Louis JALLA Jean-Louis JALLA

Bonjour à tousJ'ai récolté, sur excrément d'he

12-10-2015 21:55

Lepista Zacarias

Hi everyone,I think this fungus, growing on the th

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Small orange discomycete, high elevation Mexico
Alan Rockefeller, 13-10-2015 23:55
Alan RockefellerI found a couple collections of this small asco at 3100 meters under Abies religiosa at the Reserva de la biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca, El Rosario, Michoacan, Mexico.   It was growing in tire tracks of a rarely used road, and also on road sides.   

It has no stipe, but as attached to the substrate in the middle of the underside.  3 - 8 mm diameter.   Sometimes attached to organic matter.   Under Abies religiosa.

Cheilymenia and Scutellinia have been suggested, any opinion on which name is more likely?  Or another genus?   I have not scoped it yet, but I do have a microscope.   If I scope it, what should I look for?

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Lothar Krieglsteiner, 14-10-2015 07:51
Lothar Krieglsteiner
Re : Small orange discomycete, high elevation Mexico

Hi Alan,


I think nobody can reliably say anything without microscopical details. You should dry your collected ascomata in the air, maybe on a heating, and afterwards examine the dried specimens or give them to somebody who has a microscope.


Scutellinia does not seem very likely to me - and a lot of genera are possible. The only thing we know definitely is that it has carotinoid pigments that are very much distributed in Pezizales.


Regards from Lothar

Nicolas VAN VOOREN, 14-10-2015 10:04
Nicolas VAN VOOREN
Re : Small orange discomycete, high elevation Mexico
Dear Alan,
This looks like Cheilymenia crucipila, but as Lothar said, microscopic data are required to help you.