20-05-2026 12:57
Ingo Ibelshäuser
Hello everybody, on decayed hardwood e.g. Quercus
20-05-2026 20:08
Andreas Millinger
Good evening,another quite distinctive find from M
20-05-2026 21:49
Margot en Geert VullingsWe found this Lachnum on Juncus stems mown last ye
20-05-2026 17:47
Margot en Geert VullingsWe found this Mollisia on dead Juncus stems mown l
22-04-2026 20:54
Enrique Rubio
Hi to everybody.This Pyrenopeziza grew in moist le
19-05-2026 12:55
Hardware Tony
After checking Gminder and Otto's library I cannot
19-05-2026 10:27
Patrice TANCHAUDBonjour, récolte récente sur terre retournée i
I am seeking assistance with the identification of a specimen that most likely belongs to the genus Dasyscyphella.
Date: 2026-03-25
Substrate: Quercus (decaying stump)
Location: Germany
The microscopic slide was prepared in a 3% KOH solution.
For a more accurate identification, I have attached a PDF file containing macro and microphotographs, as well as a table with spore measurements.
Any suggestions or comments regarding the species would be much appreciated.
Best regards,
Artem
Dasyscyphella-sp.-0001.pdf
As you probably know, Dasyscyphella is caracterized and different fron Lachnum by hairs which last cell (at least) is not verrucose (seems to be the case here)
The most common species (a large part of the year) under hard wood logs is D. nivea. Its spores are rather small
For an appropriate ID, it would be necessary to have further information such as : presence of crystals , Asci with or whithout croziers, spore oil content , width of paraphyses
Do you have H.O. baral's key for the genera ?
The risk with using KOH is do get dead cells , and provide erroneous measurments. Tap water alone is better.
Best , Michel