29-12-2025 08:30
Josep Torres
Hello.A tiny ascomycete sprouting under Juniperus
29-12-2025 10:15
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I found and collected this propoloid ascom
29-12-2025 09:38
Oskari VirtanenHi,could anyone help me identify this, I suspect P
28-12-2025 12:08
Margot en Geert VullingsThis possible Karstenia was found on the bark of d
21-12-2025 21:32
Pol DebaenstHello, Garden, Burgweg 19, Veurne, BelgiumOn 10/1
26-12-2025 21:19
Arnold BüschlenPithyella chalaudii Priou. Ist als Bryoparasit in
21-12-2025 09:32
Josep Torres
Hello.A tiny ascomycete found embedded in wood in
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Pol DebaenstThe identification took me to Byssonectria deformi
Looks like what is passing for Caloscypha fulgens in the west coast of the USA is probably undescribed.There are only three ITS sequences of Caloscypha in GenBank - one from South Korea, one from Canada and one which doesn't give a location. None of them match my sequence from California.
Caloscypha fulgens was described from Switzerland, Caloscypha fulgens f. caesioalba from Italy and there don't appear to be any North American names.
There are more LSU sequences of Caloscypha in GenBank, maybe I'll generate one this week. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/DQ220318 is probably a LSU sequence of our western Montane material, and it tells a similar story to ITS, with most other sequences matching 94 to 97%.
My sequence will be in GenBank in a few days, and for now is accessible here: http://mushroomobserver.org/sequence/show_sequence/1288.> MO observation: http://mushroomobserver.org/318702
