04-11-2025 09:07
Hello.A suspected Hymenoscyphus sprouting on a thi
04-11-2025 12:43
Edvin Johannesen
Hi! One more found on old Populus tremula log in O
03-11-2025 21:34
Edvin Johannesen
These tiny (0.4-0.5 mm diam.), whitish, short-stip
28-10-2025 15:37
Carl FarmerI'd be grateful for any suggestions for this strik
03-11-2025 16:30
Hans-Otto Baral
Hello I want to ask you if you have found this ye
It has some distinctive features but I haven't been able to put a name to it.
Apothecia sessile; dark grey hymenium & black exterior; ca 300 µm diam.
Excipulum a dark brown textura oblita, with marginal cells resembling small paraphyses.
Paraphyses narrowly cylindrical usually with a slightly swollen apex; a single cylindrical refractive VB in the upper part.
Asci ca 60-75 x 13-15 µm; 8-spored; no reaction in IKI.
Ascospores ellipsoid-fusiform to weakly obovoid; hyaline; 3-septate; with numerous small slightly refractive OBs; (11-)12-15 x 4-5 µm.
I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.
Marcus
My collection fits the description of Pezizella nigrocoticata well, apart from having rather smaller spores.
There are about 15 records from the UK, mainly in southern England.
Marcus






