I need your help with this fungus that appears directly on the ground in a beech forest. (Páramo, Puerto de la Ventana, Asturias, Spain. 13-VIII-2014, 1400 msm).

Apothecia up to 7-8 mm, with white or gray hymenium with small brown hairs.

Asci up to 210?m, 8-spored and with croziers. Paraphyses up to 225?m, 2-3 septa and 10-12 ?m apex. Ascospores hyaline, roughened walled spores and smooth walled in young ones, broadly fusiform and with one big guttule. Me: 18-20 (22) x 12-13 (14) ?m.

I thought something close to Trichophaea spp. For example, T. woolhopeia but it is a species with fine warts in young spores. Another closely related species is T. velenovskyi with more fusiform spores and other ornamentation, equal to T. paludosa group.

Study with rehydrated material in isotonic water and blue lactophenol.

Maybe someone knows something more..

Best regards,

Borja

Rodríguez Borja, 12-09-2014 17:12

Re : Trichophaea genus?

René: You're right, in the photos spores are more sllipsoids than fusiform (more in adults ones). I found twice T. woolhopeia but the ornamentation was by warts, this collection presents "wrinkled" spores.. May be the "false ornamentation" in this species..?

Ron, I was answering when I recieved your comment. I think you are right! Its an very variable species indeed!

Thank you very much!

Borja

Rodríguez Borja, 12-09-2014 19:14

Re : Trichophaea genus?

Hi Ron,

Yes I have two more collection, far from this one, where I found this carasteristic. Not the same because the ornamentatition is formed by fine warts but similar. I´ll send you some more information in privately.

Borja