30-12-2025 09:04
Josep Torres
Hello.A Pyrenomycete sprouting sparsely but very d
29-12-2025 17:44
Isabelle CharissouBonjour,J'aimerais savoir si d'autres personnes au
12-11-2021 00:03
Lepista ZacariasHi everybody,A week ago in my fiels trip I noticed
29-12-2025 17:12
Bernard CLESSE
Bonjour à toutes et tous,Pourriez-vous m'aider à
29-12-2025 17:01
Gernot FriebesHi,I'm looking for help with this hyphomycete with
29-12-2025 08:30
Josep Torres
Hello.A tiny ascomycete sprouting under Juniperus
29-12-2025 10:15
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I found and collected this propoloid ascom
29-12-2025 09:38
Oskari VirtanenHi,could anyone help me identify this, I suspect P
what do you thing about Daldinia cf. fissa ?
Regards
Pavol
p.s.
On death standing tree (Alnus glutinosa)
Fruitbody: max. 50 x 40 x 40 mm
The white line on cut max. diam 1 mm
The perithecia 800-1000 x 300-400 µm
The asci are 8 spores 150-250 x 9 µm
The apical ring 3-4 x 0,5-1 µm ( in Melzer = blue )
The ascospores (12)14-15(16) x 6-7 µm
In 10% KOH pigment is purple / violaceous
A polyphasic taxonomy of Daldinia (Xylariaceae)
http://www.studiesinmycology.org/content/77/1/1.full
this is most likely D. petriniae, at least a member of the complex of closely related species. I was not aware it occured as early as mid June at ascigerous state.
D. vernicosa has a gelatinous interior that turns hollow and differently shaped and darker ascospores.
Cheers,
Jacques
Thank you very much
Pavol