29-12-2025 08:30
Hello.A tiny ascomycete sprouting under Juniperus
29-12-2025 10:15
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I found and collected this propoloid ascom
29-12-2025 09:38
Oskari VirtanenHi,could anyone help me identify this, I suspect P
28-12-2025 12:08
Margot en Geert VullingsThis possible Karstenia was found on the bark of d
21-12-2025 21:32
Pol DebaenstHello, Garden, Burgweg 19, Veurne, BelgiumOn 10/1
26-12-2025 21:19
Arnold BüschlenPithyella chalaudii Priou. Ist als Bryoparasit in
21-12-2025 09:32
Hello.A tiny ascomycete found embedded in wood in
18-12-2025 21:17
Pol DebaenstThe identification took me to Byssonectria deformi

Fruitbody does not look like that of an ascobolus but measurement of the spores look like those of Ascobolus Immersus (47.44-52.64x28.16-30.60 um). Ripe spores appear in a fluid bubble which is on top of a fruitbody. Photo's of fruitbody are not very clear because of the amount of light.
I think your fruitbodies have already shot away their ascospores. Imagine that as a small explosion, and the empty ascus is macroscopically visible as an amorphous, hyaline structure as it is shown on your first photo.
A. immersus fruitbodies sometimes have long stalks and are very variable in size and form.
regards,
björn



