 
                                    10-12-2012 20:33
 Björn Wergen
                Björn Wergen
                Hello everybody,unfortunately I have another stran
 
                                    10-12-2012 22:28
 Christian Lechat
                Christian Lechat
                Dear friends, I would like to thank first all all
 
                                    09-12-2012 18:11
Alain BRISSARDBonsoir à tousA nouveau confronté avec ces petit
 
                                    10-12-2012 18:00
¡Hola a todos!Os presento este especimen: Perite
 
                                    09-12-2012 20:42
 Björn Wergen
                Björn Wergen
                Hi all,I have found this small pyrenomycete on dea
 
                                    28-10-2012 09:54
 Björn Wergen
                Björn Wergen
                hello everybody,this is the second time I have fou
 Hello everybody,
Hello everybody,unfortunately I have another strange pyrenomycete growing on dead attached Ulmus twigs, of which I do not know what it can be. I have seen similarities to Anisogramma, Mamiania and Apioporthe, but there is no species which fits with this one here:
The fruitbodies grow between the surface of the wood and the bark, they consist of a stroma with hairy surface which is somewhat flattened, and several perithecia inside. Macroscopically it reminds me on some Splanchnonema or even Pseudomassaria.
Sp 14-17x5-7µm, clearly apiosporous, hyalin, smooth, I have seen a rest of a hyaline sheath surrounding the spores. Asci with distinct apical apparatus (Congo), IKI-; Sp mostly uniseriate, sometimes partly biseriate.
Any idea?
regards,
björn
 
                This reminds me of a species of Melanconis. Melanoconis chrysostroma has similar ascospores but grows on Carpinus spp. Does it produce conidia?
Dave
 
                I haven't seen any conidia, and I do not believe that it is a Melanconis. I have compared the finding with several species of Melanconis, but it has very different features.
regards,
björn
Hi Björn,
Seems to me too that Anisogramma may be reasonable, but no idea for a species... Nice finding
I think that your species is very closed to Apiospora apiospora. But...
It's an american species growing on Ulmus and Wehmeyer gave : 11-14 x 2.5-5.5 µm, and Ellis & Everhart gave for the basionym Diaporthe apiospora : 11-15 x 6-10 µm.
Perhaps is it an european Apioporthe apiospora ?
Alain
 
                I think Apioporthe apiospora comes closest. The description giving by Wehmeyer has similarities with my finding, except the spore size. But I think it is A. apiospora.
Perhaps there is another idea. I recently find another species on these Ulmus twigs: Eutypella stellulata.
Many thanks to all who have written here until now :)
regards,
björn
I agree with you. In Ellis & Ev. the width is like your one. But  as I said, perhaps  we can find some little differences between the two continents. Molecular study or culture perhaps would bring the answer to the question.
Eutypella stellulata is a common species in the Old Continent, ouf ! (ouf != ah ! = Ach !) 
Alain
 
                but E. stellulata is a new species for me, even if it seems to be common :P ouf ^^
Who is willing to have the Apioporthe for molecular studies?
 
                if you want you can send your specimen to me, I will try to obtain molecular data
Christian
 
                I have to thank Walter Jaklitsch, he has the idea of Melanconiella, which has aberrated spores due to the cold weather.
I am now also sure the substrate is not Ulmus, I have compared the twigs and there had been several from Carpinus, which we had collected per random. At least this was not a professional work, but we have gained a new very interesting species :)
regards,
björn
 
                 
                








