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Pauline. PennaBonjour Can anyone advise me on these pycnidia fo
22-04-2026 20:54
Hi to everybody.This Pyrenopeziza grew in moist le
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David Chapados
Found while looking at something else from wood in
22-04-2026 01:06
Bonjour à tous.Je vous présente cette Nectria s.
22-04-2026 20:17
Marian Jagers
Is anyone familiar with the Hyphomycetes genus Pse
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Margot en Geert VullingsThis cup fungus was found on April 10, 2026, on lo
White mould on Bolete (Xerocomus sp.)
Stephen Martin Mifsud,
28-11-2017 10:16

Hi, I collected some specimens of Xerocomus which were partly and not abundantly infected by a white mould. I expected Hypomyces chrysospermum but when I checked it under the microscope I found a very peculiar morphology. The reproductive parts consisted of a large, bullet-shaped organ encapsulated by some thick wall subtended by a springy and curve conidiophore.
Any ideas to the genus ?
I searched on the keys/pictorials of ID of Moulds Website and nothing compared
http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mycologywebpages/Moulds/Identification.html



