02-05-2026 12:42
Alain BRISSARDBonjour à tousJeuidi 30 avril dernier on m'a remi
02-05-2026 13:06
Pauline. PennaBonjour Please can someone help me with this id
01-05-2026 22:45
Thierry Blondelle
Bonjour à tous, Une récolte sur bouse séchée d
28-04-2026 20:07
Lothar Krieglsteiner
... on twig in the air at standing Ceratonia siliq
14-04-2026 05:32
Ethan CrensonHi all, A few weeks back a friend pointed out som
28-04-2026 20:33
Vitus SchäfftleinHello, I found Trochila ilicina on Ilex aquifoliu
30-04-2026 10:28
Rot BojanHello, by appearance I would say that I am dealing
27-04-2026 18:48
Tony MoverleyCollected 23rd April 2026, Norfolk, EnglandSwarms
27-04-2026 20:52
Lothar Krieglsteiner
Found on hanging tiwg of Olea europaea in dried-ou
Bonsoir tousthe 'foam-cakes' which can develop in fast flowing streams are a very interesting habitat for the so-called 'Ingoldian Fungi'.
Examples of some of the often distinctive conidia found can be seen here:
http://www.ascofrance.com/search_recolte/3964
http://www.ascofrance.com/search_recolte/3943
http://www.ascofrance.com/search_recolte/3010
Amongst these "aquatic hyphomycetes" one often sees diatoms and other algae, lepidopteran wing scales, pollen etc.; and also chance fungal spores from unknown fungi (which may or may not be aquatic in origin). Normally one ignores these, but occasionally one finds something so striking there may be a hope of getting an identification, even from a single spore. Here is an example of this and I am hoping that such a distinctive spore (which is surely an ascospore - Pleosporales or similar?) will be recognised by someone here. Notable are the large size of the spore and the very distinctive hyaline tips at each end (which are not formed within a single cell - the terminal cells are part-coloured). It may not be evident from the photograph, but the spore is 8-septate.
As ever any suggestions would be very welcome.
Chris
could be an ascospore of Trematosphaeria hydrela.
Best wishes,
Gernot
Exactly !
It's more common to find conidias of the anamorphic stages, ingoldian fungi, but sometimes there are ascospores of the sexual stage. One can also find non-aquatical spores.
Alain
Hi Chris and Gernot,
I fully agree with Gernot: this should be the spore of Trematosphaeria hydrela! I quite often found these species on deciduous wood in rivulets.
Regards from Lothar
