17-09-2025 19:43
Philippe PELLICIERSur branche morte de Mélèze. Les ascospores sphÃ
17-09-2025 10:50
Heather MerryleesHi there!I am hoping for any advice on the identif
11-09-2025 16:57
Jason Karakehian
Our revision of Marthamycetales (Leotiomycetes) is
16-09-2025 12:53
Philippe PELLICIERPézizes de 1-4 mm, brun grisâtres, sur les capsu
03-09-2025 12:44
Enrique Rubio
Hi to somebody.I would like to know your opinion o
15-09-2025 14:40
Nicolas VAN VOOREN
Hello.I'm searching for a digital copy of the seco
14-09-2025 22:16
Philippe PELLICIERApothécies petites jusquà 3 mm, oranges, avec de
13-09-2025 14:01
Thomas Flammerdark brown apothecia, splitIKI-Spores biguttulate
Hi to allThis fungus forms subcuticular pseudothecia (¿?) under the periderm of stems of Arundo donax. These pulvinate and ostiolate ascomata, arranged in longitudinal lines, are singly or situated on small stromata with some other ones, 0.4-1.5 mm long, up to 0.15 mm high.
The 8-spored asci are cylindrical and I think they are bitunicate altough I can see maybe a small structure near the apex. The golden brown bi-cellular ascospores and the pseudoparaphyses are showed in the pics. I tough could be a Didymella or a close related genus, but I don't know a good genus for this collection.
Have you some ides for it?
Thanks again
not sure but your fungus looks like a Roussoella. If so the spores should be delicately longitudinally ribbed, it's difficult to see if the preparation is not very thin.
The smaller spores with broadly rounded ends would fit R. donacicola (Speg.) Ju, Rogers & Huhndorf which is common on this host. The slightly larger and more narrowly elliipsoid are less typical of this species and recall a tropical species, R. chiangraina (in Phytotaxa 181(1), 2014).
Saludos,
Jacques
Hi Jacques
Fantastic! I feel you are right, although the faint striate ornamentation is hardly visible. But the rest of the generic characters fits well with this fungus.
Thanks a lot!