21-04-2021 02:44
Alan Rockefeller
Which Orbilia did I find at Echo Lake, Tahoe Natio
17-04-2021 15:01
Khomenko Igor
Hi, I'm having trouble identifying this hairy disc
20-04-2021 18:50
Ethan CrensonHello all, Earlier this week I found this pyrenom
19-04-2021 20:00
Andgelo Mombert
Bonsoir à tous, Un joli Orbilia récolté sur de
19-04-2021 21:11
Juuso ÄikäsYesterday I found a large group of small Mollisia(
19-04-2021 18:54
Arend van PeerDear All, I have been forwarded to this forum by
17-04-2021 19:34
Juuso ÄikäsThis Thursday I found some tiny discos growing on
19-04-2021 10:25
Karl Soler KinnerbäckHi!Could this be a species of Cryptadelphia or Tri
Snowmelt Orbilia from California
Alan Rockefeller,
21-04-2021 02:44
Which Orbilia did I find at Echo Lake, Tahoe National Forest, California? It was on the inside of a piece of conifer bark - either Abies magnifica or Pinus contorta. Right at the snowmelt. Dried to an amber color. Small, less than 1 mm diameter.Micrographs in Melzer's. All parts inamyloid, spores measuring ( 9.8 ) 10.1 – 11.5 (12) × (2.4) 2.7 – 3.1 (3.4) µm. Q = (3.3) 3.4 – 4.2 (4.5).
Hans-Otto Baral,
21-04-2021 10:56
Re : Snowmelt Orbilia from California
Hi Alan
I can only recommend you to read the methods in the monograph. When you mount in MLZ then you will be unable to decide if this is an Orbiliomycete or a Helotiales.
Is the sample still fresh?
The asci could be inamyloid or hemiamyloid. If you don't have Lugol, take KOH and after wahsing add MLZ, only then you can be sure about inamyloidity.
Zotto