25-03-2026 10:35
Hulda Caroline HolteHello,I collected this species growing on a dead b
26-03-2026 15:31
Åke Widgren
Hello,I found this one in October last year, on r
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Marc Detollenaere
Dear Forum,On a debarked stem of Tilia, we found s
24-03-2026 15:44
Åge OterhalsI hope someone can confirm the name of this collec
25-03-2026 20:53
François BartholomeeusenDear forum members,On 23 March 2026, I found sever
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Miguel Ángel Ribes
Good eveningI'm unable to identify this Coprotus o
25-03-2026 15:06
Bernard CLESSE
Bonjour à toutes et tous,Pourriez-vous me confirm
25-03-2026 13:54
Does anyone know where I could download Paoletti's
I collected this species growing on a dead branch (broken off a tree) of Picea abies on the 4th of march, in Buskerud county, Norway.
The apothecia are up to 2,5mm wide and 2mm tall. The hymenium has a hazelnut brown color and the outside is slightly lighter. The outer side is granular to felty and often has lighter tufts of short hairs at the margin. The flanks frequently tears in older specimens. The apothecia grows in groups of 2-6 arising from a common structure resembling, but somewhat different from, a sclerotium. The "sclerotia" start off small and black/dark brown before increasing in size and turning lighter brown with a cracked surface. The inside is light brown.
Medulla of textura intricata and possibly with crystals. The hyphae are about 2-4 µm wide.
Asci IKI+ bb, with croziers (possibly a bit variable)
24-29,76 x 3,36-3,84 µm
The paraphyses are cyllindric-clavate, scarcely septate and with some drops. The paraphyses measure up to 3,3µm at the tips.
The spores are thinly allantoid, sometimes with small LBs near the ends. OCI 0/1
(4,8)5,8-6,2 x1-1,5µm
All measurements were taken from living cells in water. The spores were incredibly difficult to measure and photograph due to their small, narrow shape and constant shifting, so the spore measurements might not be 100% accurate. I apologize for the subpar photos and I can try to take more if needed.
The description of Cenangium impudicellum (synonym of E. impudicella) in P. Karst., Bidrag Kännedom Finlands Natur Folk 19: 219 (1871) is the closest match that I have found, but the asci are noted there as being inamyloid. I have struggled to find newer collections of this species to compare my specimen with and I would be grateful for any input.
Thank you in advance and best regards,
Hulda
Do you believe that this species can be variable in its amyloidity and that my specimen is Encoelia impudicella regardless of the reaction?
E. impudicella has not been recorded in Norway previously, and I have not found any collections of the species from Sweden or Finland (where it was derscribed from) since 1935. Therefore, I would like to be certain before I determine it.
Kind regards, Hulda
Species concepts and delimitation is of course primarily a theoretical construction and changes with our understanding of nature. I know that completely determinate answers in this group of fungi are rare. What I meant to ask was if you, as an expert, would consider my specimen to be close enough to register/note it as E. impudicella (in the current sense of the taxon and with the data that I have given)?
Kind regards, Hulda
I have read the description of E. impudicella in Karsten (1871) which Mycobank gave as the protologue. I have tried to compare it to the best of my abilities. I especially note that the color is said to be grey in young apothecia and later cinnamonish brown. This also fits with my specimen.
Kind regards, Hulda










