28-12-2025 12:08
Margot en Geert VullingsThis possible Karstenia was found on the bark of d
21-12-2025 21:32
Pol DebaenstHello, Garden, Burgweg 19, Veurne, BelgiumOn 10/1
26-12-2025 21:19
Arnold BüschlenPithyella chalaudii Priou. Ist als Bryoparasit in
21-12-2025 09:32
Josep Torres
Hello.A tiny ascomycete found embedded in wood in
18-12-2025 21:17
Pol DebaenstThe identification took me to Byssonectria deformi
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Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I have found this propoloid ascomycete on
Ophiocordyceps
Edvin Johannesen,
01-10-2017 23:31
Does anyone have a suggestion which species this is? (Is there a mongraph or fairly recent revision of Ophiocordyceps/Ophiocordycipitaceae available online?)
Thomas Læssøe,
02-10-2017 11:31
Re : Ophiocordyceps
bifusispora is a possibility. The spores should have clubshaped ends. You forgot to give some details like country of origin etc. :-)
Edvin Johannesen,
02-10-2017 14:22
Re : Ophiocordyceps
Thanks - I will check the spores. It was found in Norway, 60 km west of Oslo. Habitat was moist depression in Alnus incana forest with Mattheuccia strutheopteris. The insect was lying inside a last-year stem of that fern.
Thomas Læssøe,
02-10-2017 14:31
Re : Ophiocordyceps
highly typical habitat for previous Norwegian finds of bifusispora :-)
Edvin Johannesen,
02-10-2017 20:37
Re : Ophiocordyceps
Spores measure 160-170 microns in lenght and are hardly thicker than 1 micron. No swollen ends. Apparently easily fragmented, but many intact after squash.
Edvin Johannesen,
03-10-2017 12:04
Re : Ophiocordyceps
According to recent literature, this is a Cordyceps, not Ophiocordyceps.