19-04-2026 21:23
Steve ClementsBonjour, I found this anamorphic fungus on old pl
19-04-2026 20:46
Steve Clements1 mm diameter approx spherical conidiophores on pl
12-04-2026 17:56
Hardware Tony
Found on dead stems in February earlier this year
17-04-2026 19:16
Enrique Rubio
Hi to everybodyI would appreciate any assistance r
14-04-2026 05:32
Ethan CrensonHi all, A few weeks back a friend pointed out som
17-04-2026 15:14
Bruno Coué
Bonjour.Récoltes du 16/04/2026, sur feuilles mort
12-04-2026 15:52
Gernot FriebesHi,I'm looking for help with this anamorph collect
14-04-2026 21:52
Gernot FriebesHi,found on dead leaves of Carex elata. Conidia: 4
16-04-2026 22:09
Buckwheat PeteHello, I'd like to ask about this older specimen:
15-04-2026 19:33
Fátima Durán ManzanequeHi!! I need help, I found this Ascomycete but I d
Bonsoir tousthis was collected on a dead, attached branch of a small Salix tree (S. caprea/S. cinerea). Initially thought to be a Hypoxylon, the more I looked at it the less convinced I was and consultation of http://pyrenomycetes.free.fr/entoleuca/html/Entoleuca_mammata.htm leads me to be fairly confident that this is Entoleuca mammata, which would be new to me. I would be grateful for comments from others who may know the species as it would be new to Yorkshire and, apparently the second most northerly British record: https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/BMSSYS0000006456
The images show most of the characters; I arrive at E. mammata because of:
* erumpent stromata on Salix
* shape of the ascus apex (stained here in IKI)
* shape of the spores - mostly oblong, with some asymmetrically ellipsoid; often with one or both ends thickened, and occasionally papillate at one end
* spore slit - full length, mostly straight, but some slightly transverse to sigmoid
* size of spores: 20.6-24.2 x 8.9-10.7µm
As ever, any comments would be welcome.
Amitiés
Chris
no doubt about your identification. You are fortunate to have such plentiful material apparently in very good condition. Now that you know it and where to find it you will likely find it again.
Cheers,
Jacques
Hi Chris,
No problem, I think. I've never found it*, so another opinion would be useful.
Photos are very good, congratulations.
Alain
* I will look for it.
I want to join you. In Austria this fungus is not rare. Usually I do not check such fungi nowadays, but know at least 3 places, where it appears regularly. Here it appears mostly in old stands of Salix cinerea in more or less boggy places. Nice images!
Cheers, Walter
By the way, the Austrian database of Fungi lists 7 places for Entoleuca mammata
http://austria.mykodata.net/Taxa_map.aspx?qvtaxIdTaxon=145572&