27-02-2026 17:51
Michel Hairaud
Bonjour, Quelqu'un peut il me donner un conseil p
28-02-2026 14:43
A new refrence desired :Svanidze, T.V. (1984) Novy
29-11-2024 21:47
Yanick BOULANGERBonjourJ'avais un deuxième échantillon moins mat
27-02-2026 16:17
Mathias Hass
Hi, Found this on Betula, rather fresh fallen twi
27-02-2026 12:56
Åge OterhalsFound on fallen cones of Pinus sylvestris in midle
27-02-2026 11:21
Yannick Mourgues
Hi to all. Here is a specie that can may be relat
Calycina claroflava?
Di Napier,
25-09-2023 11:04
Hans-Otto Baral,
25-09-2023 11:15
Re : Calycina claroflava?
The uploaded images are much too small to see or read something. Since you mounted in lethal media you cannot be sure with spore septation inside the asci, this needs to be checked in living asci. Negative IKI reaction and absence of croziers are essential, and living spores and their contents would be welcome.
Di Napier,
25-09-2023 11:40
Re : Calycina claroflava?
Thank you for the very helpful reply. The photos were reduced as I didn't think full size ones could be uploaded (which is why I quoted the spore and asci measurements in the text), but maybe I over-reduced them. I will try again with mounting in water. I had not appreciated from FOTE that they needed to be live spores. Is the iodine reaction with K as well as iodine? (I have had trouble with lichen identification where I using K as well as I when it was supposed to just be I, so I'm not too sure about how this one should be done. Many thanks again.
Hans-Otto Baral,
25-09-2023 11:54
Re : Calycina claroflava?
In lichens as in non-lichens you may always use Lugol without KOH. If Lugol (IKI) is negative you can be sure that K+IKI is also negative.
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