24-12-2025 17:08
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I have found this propoloid ascomycete on
21-12-2025 09:32
Josep Torres
Hello.A tiny ascomycete found embedded in wood in
21-12-2025 21:32
Pol DebaenstHello, Garden, Burgweg 19, Veurne, BelgiumOn 10/1
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Patrice TANCHAUDBonsoir, récolte sur un mur en pierre, apothéci
22-12-2025 00:47
Patrice TANCHAUDBonsoir, récolte à proximité du milieu dunaire
I could need help with this pyrenomycete on deciduous wood (Collector says Rhododendron ferrugineum).
Description: Perithecia immersed in the bark, with ostioles just visible as small dots breaking through the surface. Perithecia globose to slightly flattened, around 0.2 mm in diameter with a cylindrical to rounded ostiolar neck of usually 80-150 µm in height. Asci 70-85 x 16-18 µm, with apikal apparatus well visible in Kongo (see photo), 8-spored. Paraphyses not observed. Spores 12-15 x 5.5-6 µm, ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, one-celled, without oildrops.
Thanks a lot for any suggestions
Stefan
You should find something here : http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0062/002/0378.htm
Yannick
EDIT:
You should check if there is a gelatinous cap around spores in Indian Ink and see if ascus are bitunicate or not (it seems to be unitunicate on your photos, and if it is, it can't be B. vaccinii).
Thanks a lot for the Input and Literature link. I just checked in Indian ink and did not observe a gelatinous sheath. I would clearly tell the Asci to be unitunicate.
I will take a closer look at the M.E. Barr Article
Stefan
Ce spcimen est à chercher dans les Diaporthales et probablement
dans le genre Sphaerognomonia.
Amicalement
Paul LEROY
Merci bien. J'ai aussi arrivé au Gnomoniacées lorsque j'essaye d'identifier moi-meme. Je vais regarder le genre Sphaerognomonia.
Stefan