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
... found in the National Park Eifel, Germany.
The only thing I am sure of is it is not N. serpens, because the porus is blue in IKI.
I do not find striate spores - not chestersii
I do not find a (at least not conspicuous) germ slit - not aenea var. aenea
The flesh is not whitish - not aenea var. macrospora
too large, too many perithecia for confluens ...
So, where am I wrong? Can somebody provide a tip.
Best regards from Lothar
Did you consider N. serpens var. colliculosa which unlike N. serpens shows also a blue reaction? It has been raised to species level by Granmo et al. (1999) but this is not followed by many others (why not?). The only problem with this identification are the rather large ascospores of your collection judging from the measurements given in one of your pictures (typically 10-13,5 mu).
I found this species (or variation) in October last in the eastern part of the Netherlands (Winterswijk).
Eduard
Hi Eduard,
you are right - that was the mistake!
And the spores are a little bit large, but this is perhaps the minor problem ...
In http://pyrenomycetes.free.fr/nemania/keydir/dichotomickey.htm
I did not really consider the variety of serpens, because I thought it must have a red IKI-reaction like the typical form.
So - thank you vey much. I will deal with my specimen as Nemania (serpens var.) colliculosa now. I also doubt if something with hemiamyloid and with euamyloid asci should be considered the same species (???).
Best regards from Lothar