20-10-2017 09:23
Garcia SusanaEste otro crecía en el mismo trocito de madera qu
20-03-2026 16:16
Edvin Johannesen
These 0.5 mm diam. acervuli were breaking through
19-03-2026 19:34
Filip Fuljer
Hello everyone,a few days ago I collected this str
19-03-2026 18:25
William Slosse
Good evening everyone, On 18/03/26 I found a few
17-03-2026 10:09
François Freléchoux
Bonjour, Voici la description rapide d'un petit d
19-03-2026 17:50
Enrique Rubio
Hi to everybodyThese thiny, blackish pseudothecia
18-03-2026 13:09
Khomenko Igor
I recently examined Celtis occidentalis branches
17-03-2026 19:41
Bernard CLESSE
Bonsoir à toutes et tous,Pourriez-vous m'aider à
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