11-01-2022 16:36
Jason KarakehianHi does anyone have a digital copy of Raitviir A (
22-04-2024 20:38
Miguel Ángel RibesGood afternoon.Does anyone know this anamorph?It g
22-04-2024 11:52
Zuzana Sochorová (Egertová)Hello,I made a loan of a collection of Microstoma
19-04-2024 14:28
B ShelbourneCudoniella tenuispora: Distinctive macro and habit
20-04-2024 16:02
Michel HairaudBonjour,On me fait part, pour diffusion d une list
20-04-2024 09:56
Josep TorresHello.A few apothecia collected on Sunday, April 7
Ascobolus on raccoon droppings
Ethan Crenson,
20-05-2019 22:07
Jacky Launoy,
21-05-2019 09:35
Re : Ascobolus on raccoon droppings
It looks like Ascobolus michaudii
Ethan Crenson,
22-05-2019 21:32
Re : Ascobolus on raccoon droppings
Thank you, Jacky. I am having some difficulty understanding the finer points differentiating A. lignatilis, foliicola, furfuraceus, michaudii. In another post on the topic on this forum François Valade comments that the brown walled excipulum cells (in michaudii & lignatilis) vs. hyaline or yellow cells (in foliicola)--but I'm not sure I'm translating these concepts properly. At any rate I have made more images, including more mature apothecia, mature spores and excipulum. Spores at maturity seem to be quite reliably 16-18 x 9µm, brown, with some branching grooves--even some that connect laterally. Q=1.93 The apothecia only reach 3-4 mm in diameter. Perhaps there is more detail here that could confirm A. michaud?