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19-08-2025 20:58

Hymenoscyphus ? on very wet wood
Ethan Crenson

Hi all, Here is what I believe to be a Hymenoscyp

12-08-2025 19:44

Literature request on Clypeosphaeriaceae
Enrique Rubio Enrique Rubio

Could someone send me a pdf copy of this article?S

18-08-2025 23:15

S.vitreola?
Zoe Vélez Zoe Vélez

Hola foro, gracias por aceptar la creación de mi

18-08-2025 15:17

bitunicate ascomycete on dead Sphagnum from Norway
Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

... on 6.7.25 in a subarctic mire near a small lak

18-08-2025 15:07

pyrenomycete on dead parts of foliose liverwort from Norway
Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

.. 20.7.25, in subarctic habital. The liverwort i

19-08-2025 16:27

Strange fungus on rotten Quercus wood in stream
Paul Cannon

Hello all I have spent some time trying to work o

18-08-2025 22:59

Apothecie jaune en toupie
Yanick BOULANGER

BonsoirVoici un asco récolté le 08/08/2025Comme

18-08-2025 16:01

Cosmospora spec. from Norway
Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

.. on water-soaked Betula wood lying in a small st

18-08-2025 15:35

hemiamyloid Chlorociboria from Norway on Picea
Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

.. in subarctic forest at side of small stream, ac

18-08-2025 17:52

Hyaloscypha
Yanick BOULANGER

BonjourAu fil des conversations, j'ai lu que Hyalo

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Spiked Asco
Malcolm Greaves, 01-04-2021 10:58
Malcolm GreavesCan someone help with the id on this spiked asco. Cultivated on bird dung. A clear/pale flask 0.2 mm with a distinct neck.
It burst when I tried to remove it so I am not sure whether the dark spores (15um) are anything to do with it or just "contamination". The globular elements on the side and at the apex of the neck I assume are part of the specimen(25um).
Thanks
Mal
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Paul Cannon, 01-04-2021 11:18
Re : Spiked Asco
Hi Mal

This looks rather like a species dear to my heart, Melanospora longisetosa - the very first species that I described back in 1982. I'd be happy to have a further look if you can send me material - please dry right away but not too aggressively, the fruit bodies are rather delicate. The asci are deliquescent, so you may have overlooked them.

Best wishes

Paul
Malcolm Greaves, 01-04-2021 12:57
Malcolm Greaves
Re : Spiked Asco
Thanks for the info Paul. It looks to be a possibility but my only concern is the beak is a bit long and it was/is growing on dung. It would be great if you could examine it. Do I try to remove one or two of the fruitbodies or dry the sample of dung and hope you can find the specimens when rehydrated? 
Mal
Ps a couple more photos of the spores
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Paul Cannon, 01-04-2021 13:19
Re : Spiked Asco
Send me the dung, I'm used to it! We could certainly have a look-alike, but the neck length may vary. Most species of this group seem to be fungal parasites, but this is not always apparent from the material examined.
Malcolm Greaves, 01-04-2021 13:40
Malcolm Greaves
Re : Spiked Asco
Will get it sorted Paul.
Mal