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Robin IsakssonHi! Found in Sweden. Ascomata with haris, se
29-04-2024 21:51
Mathias HassHi everyone, Found on attached branches of top pa
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Bernard CLESSEBonsoir à toutes et tous,J'ai trouvé ce matin ce
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Thierry BlondelleHiOn Hedera helix fallen branchEcological habitat:
26-04-2024 10:07
Mathias HassHello, Does anyone know what this is? Found on J
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éric ROMEROBonjour, J'ai trouvé ce Lasiobolus sur laissées
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Lothar Krieglsteiner... but likely a basidiomycete. I hope it is o.k.
23-04-2024 13:17
Edouard EvangelistiBonjour à tous, Je viens de récolter ce que je
23-04-2024 21:49
Ethan CrensonHello all, A friend recently found this orange as
Lophiostoma myriocarpum
Chris Yeates,
06-10-2014 20:36
I recently collected a partially-decorticated twig in woodland near a stream. I originally suspected that it might be a Chaetosphaeria, but under the microscope it was clearly not - fissitunicate asci proved that. Many, but by no means all, of the perithecia were somewhat laterally compressed and I considered Lophiostoma. Holm & Holm 1988 (Symb. Bot. Upsal. XXVIII) led me to Lophiostoma myriocarpum; the description fitted well, although the accompanying drawing (from the type collection) was not very convincing.
ASCOFrance came to the rescue in the form of Alain and Zotto:
http://www.ascofrance.com/search_forum/7390
I am pretty certain that my fungus is indeed Lophiostoma myriocarpum (or at the very least the same as Alain's fungus, although his spores are longer), this based on the narrowly fusoid multiguttulate spores 27.6-30.8 x 4.8-5.5µm. These were mostly 5-septate, though some were seen with up to 7 septa (the latter could be seen germinating from the polar cells - see the last photo).
As far as I can tell this taxon has not been recorded for Great Britain & Ireland, although there are two records for Lophiostoma vigheffulense (Pass.) Chesters & A.E. Bell. Holm & Holm suggest the two are conspecific - though the spore dimensions given in Chesters and Bell (Mycol. Pap. 120) are smaller and their drawing shows consistently 3-septate spores, with the comment that these are not constricted at the septa.
As ever comments and suggestions are more than welcome.
Cordialement
Chris