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Lydia KoelmansPlease can anyone tell me the species name of the

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30-06-2025 12:09

This tiny, rather "rough" erumpent asco was found

30-06-2025 06:57
Ethan CrensonHi all, Another find by a friend yesterday in Bro

30-06-2025 14:45

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25-06-2025 16:56
Philippe PELLICIERBonjour, pensez-vous que S. ceijpii soit le nom co

29-06-2025 18:11
Ethan CrensonHello all, A friend found this disco yesterday in

28-06-2025 16:00
Hello.A tiny fungus shaped like globose black grai

I am trying to identify this small Phaeosphaeria growing on dead Juncus stems. It could be something around P. volkartiana - P. minuscula, but my literature (Leuchtmann 1984, Shoemaker&Babcock 1989) does not give me a species with the spore size 22-25x6-7µm.
The perithecia are very small (around 100-130µm), black, with indistinct ostiolus and partly embedded into epidermis. Asci are 80-105x11-14µm.
Mature spores almost have 6-7 septa with 5. cell thicker than the others. Lower part tapered, the whole spore surface is regularly echinulate as seen on the photos.
Une idée? merci pour votre l'aide.
amicalement,
björn

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edit: Ok I would call my finding as Massariosphaeria typhicola. If someone has another idea, please tell me ;)
regards,
björn
Hi Björn,
Yes, You're probably right. It's very closed to M. typhicola. Perhaps if you check again ascomatas, you will find longer ascospores ? Perhaps not and it would be interesting.
For waiting, keep this M. sp. cf typhicola in herbarium.
Alain

thank you for the opinion. Yes it would be interesting if there are no other bigger spores. This record was random, I just chipped up something from the surface and had only one fruitbody between substrate material. I did not expect it in this preparation. I hope I can find another fruitbody, if yes, I will check again and tell you something more about the spore size.
regards,
björn

I have made numerous preparates and only one of them had 2 additional fruitbodies with a bigger spore size (23-28x6-7µm). I think it is not mature at all because most spores were inside the asci.
In one of the preparates there were some other spores without asci. I took a photo of them too.
amicalement,
björn
and notice, all preparates were made from the same Juncus stem.
It really looks like M. typhicola.
Alain

Mysterious. But very interesting. I will collect some more Juncus stems next time, even if there is nothing to see :P
Thanks Alain.
Yes, I think. Ther is probablity variability in ascospores' length.
Alain

Perhaps the answers to your questions are in Leuchtmann (über Phaeosphaeria ...)
Alain

If there is something more of this M. roumegueri, I will post it here ;)
regards,
björn
This fungi seems to be very intersting i am working on pleosporales missing types and their phylogeny if you can send me a specimens then i can work on it and do sequecing
I look forward to hearing from you
Thanks
Hiran