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Pascal DucosBonjour,Une anamorphe rose stipitée, très nombre
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Bernard CLESSE
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Josep Torres
Hello.A Pyrenomycete sprouting sparsely but very d
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Lepista ZacariasHi everybody,A week ago in my fiels trip I noticed
29-12-2025 17:12
Bernard CLESSE
Bonjour à toutes et tous,Pourriez-vous m'aider à
Dear Forum membersI received this find from a friend. Could this be a species of Gorgoniceps?
On soaked hardwood (decidious forest)
Apothecia 05-0.5x0.3-0.5 mm, light greyish green; without hairs, the' hairs' on the macro picture may be some emerging asci.
Spores: 40-45x4-4.5 µm with 7, quite thick, septa, hyaline with refractive content
Asci 110-120(140)x 11-13(17) µm,with croziers, IKI+, top and wall blueing
Paraphyses: 100-120x2-2.5 µm; filiform, with refractive content
Textura porrecta, textura poorly developed
Thanks in advance for any reaction.
Regards, Lieve
I think it could be a Strossmayeria.
Best wishes,
Gernot
Zotto
Best wishes,
Gernot
Dear Gernot
I looked at it again and read the introduction of Iturriagas & Korfs 'Monograph of the discomycete genus Strossmayeria, with comments on its anamorph'. Because of the amyloid spores I was wrong. Asci IKI-, spores IKI+.
Thanks for your advice and also thanks at Hans-Otto!
on your photo the asci are inamyloid. I know about the amyloidity of spores, but I am not sure if I ever saw it. On the other hand, the blue excipular reaction is wquite distinct.
Maybe the spore amyloidity is only visible in overmature spores, as in Durella connivens which is phylogenetically closely related.
Zotto
3370-Strossmayeria-basitricha-0001.pdf
Here in attach an arrangement of pics by Ingo Wagner which shows the reaction in Durella connivens quite well.
Zotto
