18-12-2025 21:17
Pol DebaenstThe identification took me to Byssonectria deformi
15-12-2025 07:09
Danny Newman
indet. Rutstroemiaceae sp. on unk. fallen leavesMc
19-12-2025 10:10
Patrice TANCHAUDBonjour, récolte réalisée en milieu dunaire, a
18-12-2025 17:23
Bruno Coué
Bonjour,je serais heureux d'avoir votre avis sur c
18-12-2025 18:07
Margot en Geert VullingsThese plumes were found on rotten wood.They strong
17-12-2025 18:35
Michel Hairaud
Bonjour à tous/Hi to everyone I am passing along
15-12-2025 15:48
Danny Newman
Melanospora cf. lagenaria on old, rotting, fallen
15-12-2025 15:54
Johan Boonefaes
Unknown anamorph found on the ground in coastal sa
15-12-2025 21:11
Hardware Tony
Small clavate hairs, negative croziers and IKI bb
I found this Ascomycete on a log of a dead hardwood tree (Acer platanoides?) in Stange, Norway.
Spores: 20.9 [25.6 ; 27.8] 32.5 x 5.7 [6.6 ; 7] 7.8 µm, Q = 2.9 [3.8 ; 4.2] 5 ; N = 29 ; C = 95%. Me = 26.7 x 6.8 µm ; Qe = 4
Asci: 107.9 [120.2 ; 128.4] 140.7 x 14.5 [15.4 ; 16.1] 17 µm. Q = 6.7 [7.6 ; 8.2] 9.1 ; N = 16 ; C = 95%. Me = 124.3 x 15.7 µm ; Qe = 7.9
Thanks in advance for help!
Regards
Per
most probably Pezicula acericola. Try Lugol without KOH. I bet the apical apparatus will turn bright red (hemiamyloid).
Regards
Martin
Yes, you are right, it became red (redder than in the photo). I have looked at data about P.acericola on Internet and it seems to fit very well with my disco. As far as I can see it is not recorded in Norway before!
Thank you very much!
Regard
Per
I have now checked it up with Gerard J. M. Verkley's work: A monograph of the genus Pezicula and its anamorphs, and the descriptions/comments by Irina Morozova/Stip Helleman: http://www.ascofrance.com/forum/17358/pezicula-acericola-aesculea-what-is-the-difference
Just to be sure I have re-measured the ascospores: L/W = 2.9 [4 ; 4.3] 5.4 ; N = 100. I found several bluntly hooked spores, and with the asci's length 120.2 - 128.4 µm and paraphyses' apical cell less than 4,5 µm in diameter, it fits very well with Pezicula aesculea.
Thank you for guiding me to the genus.
And thanks to Kåre Homble for helping me identifying it.
Regards
Per