18-12-2025 17:23
Bruno Coué
Bonjour,je serais heureux d'avoir votre avis sur c
18-12-2025 21:17
Pol DebaenstThe identification took me to Byssonectria deformi
18-12-2025 18:07
Margot en Geert VullingsThese plumes were found on rotten wood.They strong
17-12-2025 18:35
Michel Hairaud
Bonjour à tous/Hi to everyone I am passing along
15-12-2025 15:48
Danny Newman
Melanospora cf. lagenaria on old, rotting, fallen
15-12-2025 15:54
Johan Boonefaes
Unknown anamorph found on the ground in coastal sa
15-12-2025 21:11
Hardware Tony
Small clavate hairs, negative croziers and IKI bb
15-12-2025 07:09
Danny Newman
indet. Rutstroemiaceae sp. on unk. fallen leavesMc
Hi again
These gregarious, small apothecia (150-300 micr. in diam.), translucent, broadly sessile, minutely downy apothecia were growing on a copious brownish subiculum on a branch of Calluna vulgaris at 1700 m of altitude.
The excipulum is made by cylndrical undulate hyaline hairs denesely packed, perhaps gelified, very difficult to dissociate, with smooth tips and slightly thickened walls. Ascospores with some small polar LBs. Asci IKI b, 8-spored, with croziers. Paraphyses filiform, without VBs.
Maybe could be related with the old genus Pezizella? Have you some idea for me?
Thanks again
yes Pezizella is most likely the genus used for this finding.
There is a Pezizella ericacea D. Read which should be a important mycorhiza partner for Calluna, unfortunately I do not have the article (Trans Br Mycl Soc 63; 381-383 1974) where cultivated apothecia are described.
good luck,
Stip
Hi Stip and Guy
The excipulum of Reid's fungus is very close to the mine, but regrettably I think the somewhat broadly ellipsoid, 5-12 x 3-4 vs the narrowly ellipsoid, subclavate, 9-11 x 2-3 ascospores of my fungus don't fit well.
Anyway many thanks to both
regards,
Stip
I remember Pezizella parasitica Velen. which has a similar excipulum. But there the spores have a high oil content and the asci without croziers. Anyhow, the two species could be congeneric.
A further sample, "parasitica-like H+" on Salix, has exactly the excipulum as yours, look sections named Helotiales on Salix wood, HB 9938-6a, KOH etc. But apothecia are much larger (1-2 mm).
All is in my folder Hyaloscypha.
Zotto
Hi Zotto
Really your HB 9938 is microscopically very similar
Thanks!