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
Another interesting fungus from coconut palm! I add this because I've never seen it before, and thought others might enjoy seeing it too. It is also nice to see something utterly new, and still be able to figure out the identification without too much trouble. In this case, I came to the genus using Seifert et al.'s Genera of the Hyphomycetes, and then two papers helped from there: Okada, G., & Tubaki, K. (1984). A new species and a new variety of Endocalyx (Deuteromycotina) from Japan. Mycologia, 76(2), 300-313.
Vitoria, N. S., Cavalcanti, M. A. Q., Luz, E. D. M. N., & Bezerra, J. L. (2011). Endocalyx melanoxanthus var. melanoxanthus (Ascomycota): new to Brazil and three new hosts. Mycotaxon, 117(1), 109-113.
Collected: 2022 Feb 09
Collector: Roo Vandegrift
Location: (25.806334, -80.297448)
Host: Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), shaft of leaf
ID: Endocalyx melanoxanthus var. melanoxanthus
Conidia are 9.2-(11.4)-15.2 × 6.5-(7.8)-9.0 ?m, measured with the hyaline germination slit visible; long direction parallel to the slit, short direction perpendicular to it. Presumably, the average diameter is 11.4 ?m, and the average thickness is 7.8 ?m.







