02-07-2025 09:32
Nicolas VAN VOOREN
Hello, bonjour.Here is the paper I'm searching for
30-06-2025 16:56
Lydia KoelmansPlease can anyone tell me the species name of the
01-07-2025 23:37
Josep Torres
Hello.A Pleosporal symbiotic organism located and
30-06-2025 12:09
Edvin Johannesen
This tiny, rather "rough" erumpent asco was found
30-06-2025 06:57
Ethan CrensonHi all, Another find by a friend yesterday in Bro
30-06-2025 14:45
Götz Palfner
This is a quite common species on Nothofagus wood
25-06-2025 16:56
Philippe PELLICIERBonjour, pensez-vous que S. ceijpii soit le nom co
29-06-2025 18:11
Ethan CrensonHello all, A friend found this disco yesterday in
I found this 0.5 cm truffle on a stream bed.
Trees in the area are larch, Scots pine, oak and beech.
Half in the ground and half out of the ground in the Netherlands.
Ascoma: globose to slightly flattened, black. Surface covered with low warts
Peridium black, with narrow warty cortex.
Gleba hyaline composed of a gelatinous matrix of small globular cells, with yellow veins radiating
Asci: 140-160 mu x 40mu. 8 spores in the asci.
Spores: 17-22 mu with ornamentation.
Ornamentation 3-4 mu.
Sincerely,
Ronald Morsink
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a Pachyphloeus for sure. I find the key, description and fotos in Montecchi & Sarasini often not fitting collections in a satisfying way. Unfortunately, no modern key seems to be available (?).
Yours, Lothar
Thank you for your comment.
In the book Nordic macromycetes Vol1 Ascomycetes there is a key with 3 species:
P. conglomeratus, P. citrinus and P. melanoxanthus.
P. melanoxanthus comes closest to the description and findings.
Here an atricle about Pachyphloeus melanoxanthus:
https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1468164113000248?token=5D03AC4DB6330529265E7158848EA522CDF4D21C22A10B743AF2853084A655BAE24186BA101056186A9BE6CF78758785&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20221022183539
but i'm not sure
Regards,
Ronald.
The ripe spores are brownish.
Regards,
Ronald.
