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Isabelle CharissouBonjour,J'aimerais savoir si d'autres personnes au
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MARICEL PATINOHi there, although I couldn't see the fruitbody, I
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Original loamy soil aside a artificial lake.The co
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Collected from loamy soil, at waterside (completel
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Pascal DucosBonjour,Une anamorphe rose stipitée, très nombre
whitish Phaeohelotium
Khomenko Igor,
24-06-2021 21:15
A few days ago I found this discomycete in Ottawa, ON, Canada, probably, Phaeohelotium. It was on a very wet and rotten, small piece of wood in an area that always wet and often flooded, under broadleaf shrubs.Apothecia 1-1.7mm pulvinate.
Asci 8-spored, IKI- (I double checked), clearly croziers(-),
(107.7) 110.3 - 121.2 (122.8) × (12.4) 12.7 - 14.2 (15.3) µm; N = 7
Me = 116.3 × 13.6 µm ;
Paraphyses are cylindrical with multiguttulate VBs.
Ascospores fusiform, OCI=3-4, measure in H2O
(15.5) 17.5 - 21.4 (22.6) × (4.2) 4.4 - 5.2 (6) µm
Q = (3) 3.4 - 4.6 (5) ; N = 20
Me = 19.2 × 4.9 µm ; Qe = 4
Ectal excipulum textura angularis and brown.
I couldn't identify it with European keys. Maybe someone has an idea of what it could be.
Lots of pictures here.
https://inaturalist.org/observations/83985987
I still have a living specimen, so if something is missing I can check it.
Thank you for any help,
Igor
Mirek Gryc,
25-06-2021 09:08
Re : whitish Phaeohelotium
Hi Igor
A similar Phaeohelotium griseobrunneum.
Such a name gave him Zotto, probably not yet published?
Let's wait for Zotto's opinion :)
Such a name gave him Zotto, probably not yet published?
Let's wait for Zotto's opinion :)
At my place, usually occurs on Alnus.
Mirek
Hans-Otto Baral,
25-06-2021 09:18
Re : whitish Phaeohelotium
I can only confirm in a hurry. Maybe you can get also the amyloidity of the subiculum?
Khomenko Igor,
25-06-2021 15:41
Re : whitish Phaeohelotium
Thank you Mirek and Zotto,
Alnus incana probably is the most abundant species in that area.
I got an inamyloid reaction in IKI for the subiculum from a living specimen.
The rest look good for P. griseobrunneum inamyloid H- and my measurements get very close to HB 8295E, only asci a bit larger.
Thank,
Igor
Hans-Otto Baral,
25-06-2021 17:05
Re : whitish Phaeohelotium
Good! This reaction may be variable, I know such variability in different species such as P. imberbis.


