I am looking at a few Glutinoglossums for a collegue and although some fit well into a species I have one which is causing problems.
There are quite a few distorted spores, some very small but many curved with a distinctly swollen head. The key (Fedosova 2018) relies on spores being mainly 3, 7 or 3 & 7 septate but in this specimen there are almost no 7 septate spores and very few with 3. There are lots between 1 and 6.
The sizes also vary a lot from 53 through to 86.
Paraphyses are straight and swollen with some constriction and occasionally with a secondary swelling.
Can anyone suggest a species or corfim that it is likely to be a diformed specimen.
Thanks
Mal