20-04-2026 22:00
Malcolm Greaves
These pale yellow, hairy ascos were growing on cul
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:
small asco on moss
Johannes Merz,
23-04-2025 12:13
Hi,maybe someone has an idea regarding this asco/lichen:
orange 1 - 1.5mm fruiting bodies, partly with small stipe, on Sanionia uncinata and Barbilophozia barbata, over algae layer, algae partly surrounded by hyphae, on granite rock in very humid oceanic spruce pine forest in the hemiboreal, southern Finland.
I did not see mature spores.
Lothar Krieglsteiner,
23-04-2025 12:16
Re : small asco on moss
perhaps try to put a small amount of KOH with a needle to the fresh apothecia. Perhaps it will turn pink. Then it could be a Luteodiscus species. And find ripe apothecia!
Johannes Merz,
23-04-2025 12:18
Re : small asco on moss
Hey Lothar, thank you very much,btw - theres seems to be a bug in the forum? my "small asco on moss" thread duplicated like 10 times?
I will try your suggestion!
J
I will try your suggestion!
J
Lothar Krieglsteiner,
23-04-2025 12:22
Re : small asco on moss
you can delete the other 9 - a bit work.
This sometimes happens especially when the internet connection is bad. I know it ...
This sometimes happens especially when the internet connection is bad. I know it ...
Johannes Merz,
23-04-2025 12:24
Re : small asco on moss
put KOH on it, turned pink instantly :)
Lothar Krieglsteiner,
23-04-2025 12:34
Re : small asco on moss
then Luteodiscus is sure. Please try the reaction of the asci with IKI (not Melzer - I hope it works with the unripe ones alraedy) if the porus reacts blue (euamyloid) or red (hemiamyloid). There are two species, L. bryophilus (euam.) and L. hemiamyloideus (hemiam.).
Johannes Merz,
23-04-2025 12:48
Re : small asco on moss
did the reaction as in Baral et al. 2023 and the tips turned blue
Lothar Krieglsteiner,
23-04-2025 13:34
Re : small asco on moss
Luteodiscus bryophilus then
Congratulations - by now I did not find this species myself.
Yours, Lothar
Congratulations - by now I did not find this species myself.
Yours, Lothar
Lothar Krieglsteiner,
23-04-2025 13:37
Re : small asco on moss
sorry
L. epibryus is the correct name (not bryophilus).
Yours, Lothar
L. epibryus is the correct name (not bryophilus).
Yours, Lothar
Johannes Merz,
23-04-2025 15:03
Re : small asco on moss
Thank you very much Lothar for guiding me through the ID !
I will put the sample to the Turku Herbarium.
here for overview:
Luteodiscus epibryus
21.04.2025
moist granite rock in pine/spruce forest on Hirvensalo island, Turku, Southern-Finland
60,39105 N; 22,24529 E; 25m
ex. Barbilophozia barbata & Sanionia uniciata
Apothecia reaction with KOH: pink
Asci reaction with ILl: blue tip
I will put the sample to the Turku Herbarium.
here for overview:
Luteodiscus epibryus
21.04.2025
moist granite rock in pine/spruce forest on Hirvensalo island, Turku, Southern-Finland
60,39105 N; 22,24529 E; 25m
ex. Barbilophozia barbata & Sanionia uniciata
Apothecia reaction with KOH: pink
Asci reaction with ILl: blue tip