28-04-2026 20:07
Lothar Krieglsteiner
... on twig in the air at standing Ceratonia siliq
04-05-2026 18:13
Stephen Martin Mifsud
ID request for what seems to be a true aquatic fun
04-05-2026 16:39
Stephen Martin Mifsud
ID request: This specimen was collected in Malta o
04-05-2026 09:50
Me mandan el material seco de Galicia,(España) re
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Alain BRISSARDBonjour à tousJeuidi 30 avril dernier on m'a remi
02-05-2026 13:06
Pauline. PennaBonjour Please can someone help me with this id
01-05-2026 22:45
Thierry Blondelle
Bonjour à tous, Une récolte sur bouse séchée d
14-04-2026 05:32
Ethan CrensonHi all, A few weeks back a friend pointed out som
28-04-2026 20:33
Vitus SchäfftleinHello, I found Trochila ilicina on Ilex aquifoliu
I found this bitunicate ascomycete growing on dead leaves of Eriophorum angustifolium.
Pseudothecia are immersed, ca 100-150 µm diam
Asci are bitunicate, ovoid, 8-spored, 38-57 x 22-29 µm (only 2 asci measured). Sometimes immature and post-mature asci are present in the same pseudothecium.
Spores are mostly 22-25 x 5-6(-7) µm, in one sample rather larger (<31 µm long). They are 1-septate, slightly constricted at septum, and sometimes splitting at the septum into 2 parts. Spores are hyaline, becoming dark brown when old, with 2 large oil bodies/cell when fresh, and with a thick gelatinous sheath. The spore wall appears to be minutely verruculose in old spores.
I think it belongs in the Pseudosphaeriaceae. I had wondered about Monascostroma innumerosum but the thick gelatinous spore sheath seems to rule out this species and suggests Wettsteinina. The closest fit in Shoemaker & Babcock's 1987 paper on Wettsteinina is probably W. junci, but the description doesn't fit in all respects, e.g. spore dimensions are given as 26-31 x 9-11 µm (i.e. rather larger than in my specimen). Another possibility is W. waltraudae, described by Scheuer and not included in Shoemaker & Babcock.
I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
Thanks
Marcus




