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Pauline. Penna

Bonjour Can anyone advise me on these pycnidia fo

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Several species of Ramularia occur on Rumex that I

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Enrique Rubio Enrique Rubio

Hi to everybody.This Pyrenopeziza grew in moist le

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Louis DENY

Bonjour forumdans la clé de Zotto, L. pudicellum

24-04-2026 03:16

David Chapados David Chapados

Found while looking at something else from wood in

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Richard VALERI Richard VALERI

Bonjour à tous.Je vous présente cette Nectria s.

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Marian Jagers Marian Jagers

Is anyone familiar with the Hyphomycetes genus Pse

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François Freléchoux François Freléchoux

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This cup fungus was found on April 10, 2026, on lo

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Creosphaeria sassafras ?
Ethan Crenson, 05-12-2017 16:20
In New York City on a branch of Sassafras. (Whalleya microplaca was present on the same branch).  Black globose fruiting bodies erumpent through the bark, 1-2mm in diameter, some growing confluent, somewhat flattened at the apex, with the black pigment becoming lighter in a spot near the apex (ostiole?).  Mustard yellow-orange powdery material in between the perithecia.  Brown spores, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-cylindrical, 9.5-12 by 4µm.  Asci with amyloid apical ring, long stipitate, spore bearing part 52-74 by 5-7µm.  Is this Creosphaeria sassafras?  The spore measurements I took are larger than those in Ellis and Everhart (7-9 x 3µm).  Thank you in advance!
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Jacques Fournier, 05-12-2017 17:36
Jacques Fournier
Re : Creosphaeria sassafras ?
Hi Ethan, you are correct, I am not aware of anything else with similar characters. I have not seen material from the US but your measurements match well with mines from European collections.
Cheers,
Jacques
Ethan Crenson, 05-12-2017 17:45
Re : Creosphaeria sassafras ?
Thank you for your quick reply, Jacques. Shortly after I posted this, I read the page on your web site about Creosphaeria sassafras. It looks very much like my collection, except that the growth habit for my collection seems to consist of more individual stromata whereas the ones that you illustrated grow more confluent in longer stromata.  Can that be attributed to the differing host species?  Or is there another factor? 
Regards,
Ethan
Jacques Fournier, 05-12-2017 17:58
Jacques Fournier
Re : Creosphaeria sassafras ?
I have seen several additional collections since our first records, some of them much like what you illustrated. I think the structure of the bark and growth conditions are responsible for these differences in the habit of stromata. I remember a plentiful collection on branches of Laurus nobilis in which many types of configuration could be observed, depending on which side of the branch they grew.
Thanks for your nice finds!
Jacques