12-04-2026 17:56
Hardware Tony
Found on dead stems in February earlier this year
12-04-2026 15:52
Gernot FriebesHi,I'm looking for help with this anamorph collect
12-04-2026 12:22
William Slosse
In a dune grassland in Oostduinkerke (Belgium), on
11-04-2026 15:45
Zuzana Sochorová (Egertová)
Please, could anyone send me this paper?Moyne G.,
11-04-2026 13:34
Artem PtukhaHello, I am seeking assistance with the identific
11-04-2026 10:19
Michel Hairaud
Chers amis d'Ascofrance , voici une très bonne no
11-04-2026 10:10
Michel Hairaud
Dear Ascofrance members, here is some very good ne
10-04-2026 23:22
Gernot FriebesHi,ascospores are 1- to 3-septate, approximately
10-04-2026 15:51
William Slosse
Hello everyone, On 08/04/26, I found a growth sit
Hi to everybody and specially Jacques Fournier
Today we have examined these gregarious stromata up to 40 mm high growing on buried seeds of Cornus sanguinea or Crataegus monogyna. We don't know what the host is because they are living together and the stromata were growing under both trees.
After reading wonderfull Fournier's keys we are observing that our ascospores are greater: 12-16 x 5-7 versus 11-13 x 4.6-5.9 sec. Jacques. Also we have seen that collections on Cornus seeds can be greater. The question is: There is some innovation on this matter?
Many thanks in advance
your observations are very interesting and strongly suggest that the Xylaria on Cornus fruits has larger ascospores than the one on Crataegus, as previously observed on the material collected by Peter Welt. I hope that will be sorted out on molecular grounds but it can be expected these fruit-inhabiting species are phylogenetically very closely related (see also X. delitschii). I have no new information so far.
Saludos,
Jacques
HI Jacques
Welcome from the Antillas. I wish that you have found nice fungi.
Well, we will analyze both collections and I will keep you informed.
Thanks a lot, jacques