29-12-2025 08:30
Josep Torres
Hello.A tiny ascomycete sprouting under Juniperus
29-12-2025 10:15
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I found and collected this propoloid ascom
29-12-2025 09:38
Oskari VirtanenHi,could anyone help me identify this, I suspect P
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
asci 8-spored, seemingly thick walled, at least when young, inoperculate; spores subcylindrical to sasuage-shaped, usually with two large guttules, aseptate; paraphyses filiform, apically bifurcated one or more times, with abundant pigmented encrustation/exudation (?) at apex, appearing to have some refractive contents along entire length. IKI reactions not checked.Spores:
(26.6) 28.1 – 33.7 (33.8) × (6.5) 6.9 – 8 (8.3) µm
Q = (3.3) 3.7 – 4.5 (4.9) ; N = 10
Me = 31 × 7.4 µm ; Qe = 4.2
31.52 6.47
32.70 7.28
32.16 7.69
33.68 7.61
28.07 6.93
30.43 6.93
30.96 8.33
26.60 8.02
33.79 7.68
30.55 6.87
Substrate: on decorticate, standing wood of unknown tree (see photos)
Habitat: old growth oak forest in urban area, mixed with maple, birch and beech
Ecoregion: border of Southern Great Lakes Forest (NA0414) and Eastern Great Lakes Lowland Forest (NA0407)
Collectors: D. Newman
also seen at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascomycetes/permalink/1906587989593396/
http://mushroomobserver.org/297001
NOTE: I cannot shrink my images down to 150KB to be uploaded here. they may be viewed at either of the two above links.
I arrive with my key at P. farinosa (= P. versicolor), the common one, though the spores are at the upper range in legth.
https://invivoveritas.de/keys/key-to-marthamycetaceae-propoloid-discomycetes/
Zotto
Thank you for your reply. I am learning to love H20, one mount at a time :)
I had originally thought that the orange to almost faint purple coloration of the apothecia might have ruled out the common Propolis spp., but I see from the photos at
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5SeyOEkxxZhLUcwdW54dzVGenM
that some of that coloration can, indeed, exist.
Best,
-Danny