21-11-2025 10:56
Christopher Engelhardt
Very small (~0,5 mm) white ascos, found yesterday
21-11-2025 11:52
Jean-Luc RangerBonjour à tous, on voit toujours 2 espèces areni
14-11-2025 16:26
Marian Jagers
Hello everyone, On dead wood of Cytisus scoparius
17-11-2025 21:46
Philippe PELLICIERBonjour,Récolté sur bois pourrissant de feuillu
20-11-2025 14:14
Mick PeerdemanFound on the leaves of 'Juglans regia' in the Neth
Little black asco on dead Hedera helix leaves
Christopher Engelhardt,
02-04-2020 17:22

Hi,
today, when collecting a dead leave of Hedera helix with lots of black dots on it, I was pretty sure I found Trochila craterium.
But under the miscoscope I found most Asci empty. In one good Ascus I found spores of 18-20 - 5-6 µ. Several others had only round drops of different size.
As the spore measurement does not fit Trochila craterium, what did I find?
Collected near Luebeck, N Germany, 2nd April 2020.
Thanks & regards
Chris
Peter Püwert,
02-04-2020 19:03
Re : Little black asco on dead Hedera helix leaves
Hi Chris,
in my opinion Eupropolella britannica Greenh. et Morgan- Jones.
Greetings Peter.
Hans-Otto Baral,
02-04-2020 20:37
Re : Little black asco on dead Hedera helix leaves
I agree, except that it is not clear whether Laurus (britannica) and Hedera have the same fungus. I have it as E. hederae nom. prov. in my folders.
No sequence of either of them appears to exist, so this would be helpful in clarifiying the distinction as well as the uncertain family placement.






