23-12-2024 22:59
Lucian ClanetHello,I'm trying to find information about the Hyp
21-12-2024 12:45
Marc DetollenaereDear Forum,On naked wood of Fagus, I found some ha
23-12-2024 18:18
Rot BojanHello!I've been working with this small fungus for
23-12-2024 12:10
Bernard CLESSEBonjour à toutes et tous,Pourriez-vous m'aider à
17-12-2024 12:33
Lothar Krieglsteinerthis fluffy anamorph was repeatedly found on decid
22-12-2024 10:19
Simon GurtnerHello,can anyone help me identify this small ascom
22-12-2024 10:53
Bernard CLESSEPourriez-vous me confirmer ma détermination de ce
20-12-2024 17:32
Louis DENYBonsoir forumTrouvé à Belfort, 400 m altitude, s
Lasiosphaeria stuppea?
Gernot Friebes,
23-01-2011 21:42
I think this collection is close to Lasiosphaeria stuppea but still differs a bit in some aspects. First of all the description:
On a standing, dead, decorticated, little tree (Abies), approx. 150 cm above the ground. Ascomata black, rough, at first immersed in the substrate, when mature still often a bit immersed, usually covered with light brown setae but some ascomata also without; asci 8-spored, without subapical globulus, with well visible, simple apical ring; spores quite a long time hyaline, then turning brown, non-septate, smooth, bent in the middle, without appendages, 35-50 x 8-13 µm; peridium two-layered, with a thick, dark brown outer layer and a thinner, hyaline inner layer.
I hesitate to call my collection Lasiosphaeria stuppea because the spores seem too long and they are smooth, non-septate and the apical ring is simple and not double. The other characters fit well with the description by Candoussau, Fournier, & Magni. I am really interested in your opinion about this find!
Best wishes,
Gernot
Hans-Otto Baral,
23-01-2011 21:47
Re:Lasiosphaeria stuppea?
Hi Gernot
do you have any micros? I know mainly L. strigosa which is now Echinosphaeria strigosa. But your spores are actually much too large for this and stuppea. Are the setae very thick-walled?
Zotto
do you have any micros? I know mainly L. strigosa which is now Echinosphaeria strigosa. But your spores are actually much too large for this and stuppea. Are the setae very thick-walled?
Zotto
Gernot Friebes,
23-01-2011 21:55
Jacques Fournier,
23-01-2011 23:05
Re:Lasiosphaeria stuppea?
Hi Gernot,
this fungus indeed resembles "Lasiosphaeria" stuppea in many respects but it apparently deviates in ascospore size and morphology and in lacking tubercles around the ostiole.
Several similar collections on various hosts, all somewhat different, are under investigation by Andrew Miller. You should contact him if he did not yet read your message.
Cheers,
Jacques
this fungus indeed resembles "Lasiosphaeria" stuppea in many respects but it apparently deviates in ascospore size and morphology and in lacking tubercles around the ostiole.
Several similar collections on various hosts, all somewhat different, are under investigation by Andrew Miller. You should contact him if he did not yet read your message.
Cheers,
Jacques
Gernot Friebes,
24-01-2011 07:39
Re:Lasiosphaeria stuppea?
Hi Zotto and Jacques,
thanks for your answers! I wonder if one species can be that variable or if there are some similar species in that complex. I will try to contact Andrew.
Best wishes,
Gernot
thanks for your answers! I wonder if one species can be that variable or if there are some similar species in that complex. I will try to contact Andrew.
Best wishes,
Gernot
Andrew N. Miller,
24-01-2011 16:33
Re:Lasiosphaeria stuppea?
Gernot,
Like many things fungal, this is a species complex that is currently trying to be sorted out by DNA.
Andy
Like many things fungal, this is a species complex that is currently trying to be sorted out by DNA.
Andy