19-04-2026 21:23
Steve ClementsBonjour, I found this anamorphic fungus on old pl
19-04-2026 20:46
Steve Clements1 mm diameter approx spherical conidiophores on pl
12-04-2026 17:56
Hardware Tony
Found on dead stems in February earlier this year
17-04-2026 19:16
Enrique Rubio
Hi to everybodyI would appreciate any assistance r
14-04-2026 05:32
Ethan CrensonHi all, A few weeks back a friend pointed out som
17-04-2026 15:14
Bruno Coué
Bonjour.Récoltes du 16/04/2026, sur feuilles mort
12-04-2026 15:52
Gernot FriebesHi,I'm looking for help with this anamorph collect
14-04-2026 21:52
Gernot FriebesHi,found on dead leaves of Carex elata. Conidia: 4
16-04-2026 22:09
Buckwheat PeteHello, I'd like to ask about this older specimen:
15-04-2026 19:33
Fátima Durán ManzanequeHi!! I need help, I found this Ascomycete but I d
Specimen request
Jason Karakehian,
15-06-2023 16:59
I'm in need of a few, ample specimens of Mellitosporium hysterinum from Europe. Is anyone familiar with this fungus? If you know of a locality where it is abundant, and it's not too much trouble, would it be possible to send me some recent, air-dried specimens? Thank you in advance - Jason
Hans-Otto Baral,
15-06-2023 17:52
Re : Specimen request
Mellitiosporium hysterinum I only know from Eugene Popov's images of an uncertain record. Is there any illustration in the older or younger literature?
Jason Karakehian,
15-06-2023 22:15
Re : Specimen request
I will make a plate and post it here. There is a not so great drawing in Patouillard 1886 Tabulae analyticae fungorum vol 1 Fasc. V, p. 213, the illustration is no. 491. They are often on coniferous trees like spruce and pine, but can be on hardwoods too.
Adam Polhorský,
18-06-2023 11:59
Re : Specimen request
Filip Fuljer found this species in Croatia a year ago. I think it fits the description well. I forgot to take a macro pic, but it looks exactly like the one from Ellis collection, elongated apothecia densely scattered on a bleached twig. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15myhTyeWEj2gN-dn0VD-bl6jQLCVm8i7?usp=sharing
Jason, I can send it to you, but there is a low chance the spores are still alive.
Maybe Filip can find it again this year:)
Also M. propolidoides is not so rare in high altitude Picea forests, I can send you an ITS from one collection.
Jason Karakehian,
18-06-2023 13:53
Re : Specimen request
I have uploaded a quick plate.
Hi Adam,
Yes, I think that is it from the images. Thank you! It is okay if the spores are dead. It would be good to make a culture from these but the fungus seems to sequence well from apothecia if they are not too old and if there enough of them (4 or so). If it is an ample collection, I am definitely interested, please.
As for Mellitosporium propolidoides sequence please do share it with me. I am in need of European specimens of this as well. I've had a harder time sequencing from material that is even a few years old, but that could have just been those specimens. Any fresh, ample specimens that you could send would be appreciated and acknowledged!
I will send you a separate email.
Hi Adam,
Yes, I think that is it from the images. Thank you! It is okay if the spores are dead. It would be good to make a culture from these but the fungus seems to sequence well from apothecia if they are not too old and if there enough of them (4 or so). If it is an ample collection, I am definitely interested, please.
As for Mellitosporium propolidoides sequence please do share it with me. I am in need of European specimens of this as well. I've had a harder time sequencing from material that is even a few years old, but that could have just been those specimens. Any fresh, ample specimens that you could send would be appreciated and acknowledged!
I will send you a separate email.
Adam Polhorský,
18-06-2023 14:16
Re : Specimen request
Okay Jason, I see your email. I'll prepare the specimen, there are 100+ apos.
There is the same bleaching of the wood around the frbs, but I have different immpresion about the amyloidity. In the Filips sample, it seems that the hymenial gel is blueing in low IKI c. and is deeply red in higher c. So hemiamyloid, same as in M. propolidoides. Maybe I'll have a chance to collect that one this year aswell.
Jason Karakehian,
18-06-2023 14:34
Re : Specimen request
Got it, thank you Adam! This is great. Please drop me a quick email to let me know when it is mailed so I know to keep an eye out for it.
Kind regards, Jason
Kind regards, Jason
Jason Karakehian,
28-06-2023 22:07
Re : Specimen request
Hi Adam, I tried to email you about ten days ago but I'm not sure that you got it. I want to follow up with you about your generous offer of specimens and ITS sequence. Please drop me a line and thanks!