25-04-2025 22:48
Gustaf Fredell
Hello,I hope everything is going well. I couple mo
24-04-2025 21:35
Thorben HülsewigHi there,last week i could found this asco on an S
25-04-2025 17:24
Stefan BlaserHi everybody, This collection was collected by J
25-04-2025 09:33
Josep Torres
Ascomata shaped like deformed black grains, measur
24-04-2025 21:53
Lothar Krieglsteiner
... 15.7.24 in the Alps. There were many asci with
23-04-2025 20:16
Miguel Ángel Ribes
Good afternoon Looking for Octospores / Lamprospo
Pyreno on Pinus
Juuso Äikäs,
23-03-2025 01:00
These little black pyrenos were growing on bark of a fallen Pinus sylvestris branch. Some of the perithecia were more or less round, and some had a little neck.
These appeared to be rather old fruitbodies, but there were spores inside. Some had a septum, which was located either centrally or inequilaterally. The spore surface has some minute ornamentation, and the size of the spores is quite large: 34.5 - 38.5 × 12.9 - 15.6 µm, Q = 2.2 - 2.7; avg = 35.8 × 14.4 µm, Qav = 2.5; n = 5.
Any thoughts about the species/genus/family?
Mathias Hass,
23-03-2025 06:37
Re : Pyreno on Pinus
Hi Juuso
Looks very much like Diplodia sapinea, pycnidia with conidia. This fungus is very common on Pinus cones, needles, twigs and bark. May occasionally also be found on other coniferous trees, at least as D. sapinea s.l.
Kind regards
Mathias
Juuso Äikäs,
23-03-2025 06:57
Re : Pyreno on Pinus
Thank you Mathias. Yes, that does seem to fit. Apparently this species has just recently begun spreading here.