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Marc Detollenaere
Hello Forum,On rotten wood of Fagus, I found some
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Andreas Millinger
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Nicolas Suberbielle
Bonjour à tous, Je recherche cette publication :
Hyphomycete with camphor-like smell
Bernard Declercq,
09-03-2022 18:11
Good evening,This one was collected on a decayed decorticated branch of Quercus robur.
Colonies effuse, first brown, then forming a pale greyish layer composed of whitish slimy heads, which tend to merge, with about 200 µm long inconspicous sterile conidiophores protruding above that layer, The hyphomycete has a strong camphor-like smell.
Conidiophores erect, up to 350 µm long, septate, middle brown, with sterile upper part; lower part sparsely branched. Branches with determinate phialide with mostly slightly recurved tip.
Conidia inequilateral fusoid to slightly curved, 20-24x3.5-4 µm, guttulate, smooth-walled, hyaline, without cilia.
I think we have to look for somewhere in the anamorphic Chaetosphaeraceae.
Bernard
Guy Marson,
09-03-2022 18:33
Re : Hyphomycte with camphor-like smell
Hi Bernard,
That smell reminds me of Scytinostroma portentosum (Basidiomycota).
Cheers,
Guy
That smell reminds me of Scytinostroma portentosum (Basidiomycota).
Cheers,
Guy
Marcus Yeo,
09-03-2022 18:42
Re : Hyphomycte with camphor-like smell
Hi Bernard
This is the anamorph of Chaetosphaeria pulviscula (Menispora caesia). I've never noticed that it has a camphor smell, but then I have a very bad sense of smell!
Marcus
This is the anamorph of Chaetosphaeria pulviscula (Menispora caesia). I've never noticed that it has a camphor smell, but then I have a very bad sense of smell!
Marcus
Thomas Læssøe,
10-03-2022 11:56
Re : Hyphomycete with camphor-like smell
should the conidia not be ornamented with apical cilia in Menispora caesia?
cheers
cheers
Marcus Yeo,
10-03-2022 13:47
Re : Hyphomycete with camphor-like smell
One of the distinguishing features of Menispora caesia is the absence of setulae on the conidia, in contrast to e.g. Menispora ciliata.
Chris Yeates,
11-03-2022 02:23
Thomas Læssøe,
11-03-2022 09:38
Re : Hyphomycete with camphor-like smell
Yes, I relied on my memory. A bad idea :-)
Bernard Declercq,
11-03-2022 11:36
Re : Hyphomycete with camphor-like smell
Thanks to Guy, Marcus, Thomas and Chris for their reaction.
The unusual strong smell remains a mystery to me. Former collections did not have that smell. Could be caused by some other fungus although I did not observe anything in the vicinity.
Bernard
The unusual strong smell remains a mystery to me. Former collections did not have that smell. Could be caused by some other fungus although I did not observe anything in the vicinity.
Bernard




