24-02-2013 11:53
Caroline HobartHi all, First post so hope all loads Ok apologies
15-02-2013 19:50
Esquivel-Rios EduardoHi all.I found this Xylariaceae in dead wood,the
23-02-2013 00:20
Joanne TaylorDear friends,I have recently found a cupulate coel
22-02-2013 12:01
Michel Hairaud
Bonjour à tous, Hi to everyone, Je viens d'étud
22-02-2013 13:40
Nina FilippovaI used Zotto's key for Ombrophila. Spores in mine
21-02-2013 01:13
Esquivel-Rios EduardoHi All.I found this Hypoxylon in a dead wood. The
21-02-2013 16:07
Nina FilippovaSorry for the long post, it just shows that there
20-02-2013 07:01
Hello collegues!I found this ascomycete in horse d
First post so hope all loads Ok apologies if it doesn't.
Habitat,The collection was found on a bare calc. path in Cyprus 10/2/2013 hills behind Paphos. Several growing together.
Macro description:
A flat disk approx. 7mm max width, appearing black, but now rehydrated under the stereo it is brown. It is not fully mature. It looks superficially like Pachyella violaceonigra pic in ascomyceti d'italia but flatter. Clearly not this sp as spores too big. Cross section gelatinous below asci therefore not easy to section or see the underlying cells appearing hyaline /isabelline.
Spores smooth thick wall with two oil drops (13) 14 µ x 7.5 µ. Paraphyses longer than asci with brown granules in water and some curved clavate to 7µ. Asci fully bluing in Melzers, immature asci content brown in melzers.
Marginal hyphae shown alongside asci stained in congo red. Base cells difficult to see as enclosed in small pieces of gravel.
Further details supplied but assumed that this is a common Med. species but it didn't key out in Spooners (UK) key to Peziza.
any help gratefully received many thanks.




