Accès membres

Mot de passe perdu? S'inscrire

17-02-2026 09:41

Maren Kamke Maren Kamke

Good morning, I found a Diaporthe species on Samb

08-12-2025 17:37

Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

20.6.25, on branch of Abies infected and thickened

17-02-2026 17:26

Nicolas Suberbielle Nicolas Suberbielle

Bonjour à tous, Je recherche cette publication :

03-02-2013 19:50

Nina Filippova

Good time), I've compared this specimen with the

15-02-2026 04:32

Tomaz Vucko Tomaz Vucko

One more specimen that is giving me some descent a

17-02-2026 13:41

Isabelle Charissou

Bonjour, est-ce que quelqu'un pourrait me fournir

16-02-2026 18:34

Thierry Blondelle Thierry Blondelle

Bonjour,La micro de cet anamorphe de Hercospora su

16-02-2026 21:25

Andreas Millinger Andreas Millinger

Good evening,failed to find an idea for this fungu

16-02-2026 17:14

Joanne Taylor

Last week we published the following paper where w

16-02-2026 16:53

Isabelle Charissou

Bonjour, quelqu'un pourrait-il me transmettre un

« < 1 2 3 4 5 > »
Medusa head fungus - Yellow penicillate conidiophores with snake-like long paraphysis
Stephen Martin Mifsud, 08-12-2022 08:56
Stephen Martin MifsudHi, I found an interesting ascomycete on the skin of an olive fruit lying on humid ground. According to my interpretation there is a core of profusely branched, yellow, pennillate conidiophores (phialides, etc) overtoped by distinct, broad, cylindrical, septate, very curved paraphysis with the last elemnt slightly swollen. Conidia cylindrical with rounded heads . Some interesting features: 

1. Large amounts of conidiospores measuring (6)7-8(9) x 2-3 um, cylindrical and slightly curved with rounded ends

2. Numerous snake-like (curved) paraphyses, 2-3 septate, clavate with very rough (densely verrucose) walls


3. Dense and x2 (or more) branched penicillate conidiophores that are much shorter from the paraphyses


4. Structural cells with deep yellow pigment, more or less subsphericall


These fruiting bodies are erupting from the fruit's pulp (not superficial)


Spores' size:


(6.1) 6.8 - 8.5 (9.1) × (2.2) 2.3 - 2.8 (2.9) µm


Q = (2.2) 2.5 - 3.5 (3.9) ; N=27


V = (18) 21 - 33 (38) µm3


Me = 7.7 × 2.5 µm ; Qe = 3 ; Ve = 26 µm3

  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
  • message #74590
Mirek Gryc, 08-12-2022 10:13
Re : Medusa head fungus - Yellow pennicilate conidiophores with snake-like long paraphysis
Hi
My first thought is Actinostilbe sp.

Rate alone or similar?

You can compare:


Mirek
Stephen Martin Mifsud, 08-12-2022 19:18
Stephen Martin Mifsud
Re : Medusa head fungus - Yellow pennicilate conidiophores with snake-like long paraphysis
Dear Mirek -

https://grzyby-pk.pl/gat_a/gat_actinostilbe_20200830.php

 it is the same one , cant find anything different between the two!!!

But why just Actinostilbe sp. ? There are a lot of spp. ? Anyway you gave me the right track - I take over to do some research on the genus
THANK YOU

Stephen.
Mirek Gryc, 08-12-2022 20:51
Re : Medusa head fungus - Yellow pennicilate conidiophores with snake-like long paraphysis
Dear Stephen
"SP" because it is an indescribable species and unfortunately it will probably remain nameless for a long time. Christian examined him and was going to publish, but fate did not allow him :(
Regards
Mirek
Stephen Martin Mifsud, 11-12-2022 21:44
Stephen Martin Mifsud
Re : Medusa head fungus - Yellow penicillate conidiophores with snake-like long paraphysis
Thank you for thid info. Yes, very sad news about Christian :-( 
We keep in touch Mirek !
Stephen Martin Mifsud, 16-03-2023 21:24
Stephen Martin Mifsud
Re : Medusa head fungus - Yellow penicillate conidiophores with snake-like long paraphysis
Mirek and all, 

I managed to get a pure colony and sequence this fungus and the results where Sarcopodium vanillae   - 99.39% Sarcopodium vanillae MK685870

Should I assign this finding to this species or maybe it is not convincing (morphology matches ?)


Paper mentioning this collection with details on the anamorph and sexual state
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338936119_First_sexual_morph_record_of_Sarcopodium_vanillae#fullTextFileContent

I wonder what are your thoughts (overall it matches)