21-03-2026 15:13
Lepista ZacariasHello everyone, Does any one know of any literatu
23-03-2026 20:16
Miguel Ángel Ribes
Good eveningI'm unable to identify this Coprotus o
24-03-2026 15:44
Åge OterhalsI hope someone can confirm the name of this collec
20-10-2017 09:23
Garcia SusanaEste otro crecía en el mismo trocito de madera qu
20-03-2026 16:16
Edvin Johannesen
These 0.5 mm diam. acervuli were breaking through
19-03-2026 19:34
Filip Fuljer
Hello everyone,a few days ago I collected this str
Hymenoscyphus vernus?
Juuso Äikäs,
22-05-2020 17:45
The asci seemed to be without croziers. I got almost no reaction with Melzer's but with Lugol's there was a fairly clear blue reaction with the apical pore.
Spore measurements: (7.6) 8.3 - 12.2 (13.3) × (3.4) 3.5 - 4.3 (4.4) µm
Q = (2) 2.3 - 3.1 (3.5) ; N = 16
Me = 10.3 × 3.8 µm ; Qe = 2.7
So does this fit H. vernus or might this be something else? I've found Cudoniella clavus before in the same stream last summer but I think this is something different. That finding had croziers and the stems were brown towards the base.
Hans-Otto Baral,
22-05-2020 20:37
Re : Hymenoscyphus vernus?
Yes, this is a good fit. A dark base is typical for H. vernus, not sure if it occurs also in C. clavus. Genetically the two species are surely congeneric, but the absence of croziers and the narrower, more cylindrical spores are typical of H. vernus.
Juuso Äikäs,
22-05-2020 20:50
Re : Hymenoscyphus vernus?
Ok, many thanks! I looked at a couple ascocarps with 20X magnification and the base of the stem was blackish. The C. clavus that I've found had more a medium brown than a blackish base.
Hans-Otto Baral,
22-05-2020 21:16
Re : Hymenoscyphus vernus?
This is exactly the current case.