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 Maria Plekkenpol
                Maria Plekkenpol
                Hello,Yesterday I found these on burnt soil. Apoth
 
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 Nicolas Suberbielle
                Nicolas Suberbielle
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 Stephen Martin Mifsud
                Stephen Martin Mifsud
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                Bernard Declercq
                Hello.I'm searching for the following paper:Punith
 
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 Tanja Böhning
                Tanja Böhning
                Hello, I found this very small (ca 0,5mm) yellow
 
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 Francois Guay
                Francois Guay
                I found this strange species in Québec,Canada, gr
small asco on moss
    
                    Johannes Merz,
                23-04-2025 12:13
    
     Hi,
Hi,maybe someone has an idea regarding this asco/lichen:
orange 1 - 1.5mm fruiting bodies, partly with small stipe, on Sanionia uncinata and Barbilophozia barbata, over algae layer, algae partly surrounded by hyphae, on granite rock in very humid oceanic spruce pine forest in the hemiboreal, southern Finland.
I did not see mature spores.
                                    Lothar Krieglsteiner,
                                23-04-2025 12:16            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                perhaps try to put a small amount of KOH with a needle to the fresh apothecia. Perhaps it will turn pink. Then it could be a Luteodiscus species. And find ripe apothecia!
                
                
                
                
                
                            
                                    Johannes Merz,
                                23-04-2025 12:18            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                Hey Lothar, thank you very much,btw - theres seems to be a bug in the forum? my "small asco on moss" thread duplicated like 10 times?
I will try your suggestion!
J
                
                
                
                
                
                            I will try your suggestion!
J
                                    Lothar Krieglsteiner,
                                23-04-2025 12:22            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                you can delete the other 9 - a bit work.
This sometimes happens especially when the internet connection is bad. I know it ...
                
                
                
                
                
                            This sometimes happens especially when the internet connection is bad. I know it ...
                                    Johannes Merz,
                                23-04-2025 12:24            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                put KOH on it, turned pink instantly :)
                
                
                
                
                
                            
                                    Lothar Krieglsteiner,
                                23-04-2025 12:34            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                then Luteodiscus is sure. Please try the reaction of the asci with IKI (not Melzer - I hope it works with the unripe ones alraedy) if the porus reacts blue (euamyloid) or red (hemiamyloid). There are two species, L. bryophilus (euam.) and L. hemiamyloideus (hemiam.).
                
                
                
                
                
                            
                                    Johannes Merz,
                                23-04-2025 12:48            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                did the reaction as in Baral et al. 2023 and the tips turned blue
                
                
                
                
                
                            
                                    Lothar Krieglsteiner,
                                23-04-2025 13:34            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                Luteodiscus bryophilus then
Congratulations - by now I did not find this species myself.
Yours, Lothar
                
                
                
                
                
                            Congratulations - by now I did not find this species myself.
Yours, Lothar
                                    Lothar Krieglsteiner,
                                23-04-2025 13:37            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                sorry
L. epibryus is the correct name (not bryophilus).
Yours, Lothar
                
                
                
                
                
                            L. epibryus is the correct name (not bryophilus).
Yours, Lothar
                                    Johannes Merz,
                                23-04-2025 15:03            
             
                Re : small asco on moss
                Thank you very much Lothar for guiding me through the ID !
I will put the sample to the Turku Herbarium.
here for overview:
Luteodiscus epibryus
21.04.2025
moist granite rock in pine/spruce forest on Hirvensalo island, Turku, Southern-Finland
60,39105 N; 22,24529 E; 25m
ex. Barbilophozia barbata & Sanionia uniciata
Apothecia reaction with KOH: pink
Asci reaction with ILl: blue tip
                
                
                
                
                
                            I will put the sample to the Turku Herbarium.
here for overview:
Luteodiscus epibryus
21.04.2025
moist granite rock in pine/spruce forest on Hirvensalo island, Turku, Southern-Finland
60,39105 N; 22,24529 E; 25m
ex. Barbilophozia barbata & Sanionia uniciata
Apothecia reaction with KOH: pink
Asci reaction with ILl: blue tip
 
                