Hi, Currently I does not have Makro for my fungus, but the shape is exsactly like Cyclaneusma minus ! But it is not C.minus! Paraphyses contains cylindric VB's (KOH- and KOH solouble), stain in IKI redbrown guttules. Asci IKI+bb, croziers presents, spores inside asci with ?gelatinous caps and free spores w/o this character. Marginal cells Calycellina-like (?). Growns from below epiderm crasching epiderm to sites (exactly like Cyclaneusma minus. Hi res micros ere here (4,3MB): http://www.mikologia.pl/rozne_pliki/20070516-002%20201.jpg I have no idea what it is. best wishes Pimpek

I found a black cushon which might eventually be Phragmocephala stemphylioides.

Odontotrema minus - probably, since it has broad asci, thick apical cap which deffusely J+ blue, spores ovoid, and apothecia immersed in wood, hemispherical, with serrate pore. <p>It grew on decorticated bleached wood of standing-dead pines (Pinus sylvestris) (N61,054422° E69,456725°).</p> <p>Apothecia submerged in wood, spherical to deep cupulate, up to 300 mk wide, hymenium grayish, yellowish, smooth, outer surface rough, dark brown, radially splitted.<br />Excipulum from thick mass of cylindrical hyphae (not well distinguishable); asci bottle-shaped, bulged in the middle, extending in length when mature, clampless, near 60 x 15 mk, wall of ascus with amyloid reaction in upper part, pore inamyloid; spores ellipsoid, 3-segmented when mature, 12,7 (11,4-14) x 5,7 (5,3-6,1) mk; paraphyses filiform (1 mk thick), rare segmented at base.</p> <p>I used the key in: Sherwood-Pike, M.A., 1987. The ostropalean fungi.</p>

Bonjour à tous. J'ai trouvé sur aiguilles de Pinus sylvestris une espèce que je pense être : Naemacyclus niveus. Description micro : Spores : hyalines, filiformes, lisses, légèrement à fortement arquées, 2 cloisons espacées de 10um environ au centre, nombreuses grosses guttules, 90,31-104,31 x 2,16-3,07 um. Asques IKI-, probablement osctosporés mais très difficile à voir, 100-110 x 12 um Paraphyses : pas vues. Questions : 1. N'ayant aucune donnée micro sur cette espèce, pourriez-vous me dire si c'est bien cela ? 2. A part Naemacyclus minor, en existe-t'il d'autres dans ce genre ? 3. Je lis dans la Fiche de M. C. Lechat que la famille est "incertaine". Pourquoi ? Est-ce que cela a été révisé ? Merci par avance pour vos réponses. Yannick Mourgues

Tamaño de 1-1,5 x 0,5 mm, sobre acículas muertas de Pinus pinaster, levantando la corteza y formando dos barreras paralelas longitudinales. Esporas muy largas, de 157 x 4,4 micras, con 2 septos en la parte central y dos apéndices en forma de punta de lanza en los extremos. Ascas octospóricas, esporas dispuestas en espiral, IKI -. Paráfisis muy septadas, estranguladas en los septos de la base y muy ramificadas en las puntas (2-4 ramas). Excípulo compuesto por cadenas de células globosas-elipsoidales. Lo más parecido que encuentro es Naemacyclus minor, con esporas mucho más pequeñas y sin los apéndices de los extremos. Sporal measurement (in water, 1000x) 128.4 [150.7 ; 164.1] 186.4 x 3.4 [4.2 ; 4.6] 5.4 Q = 25.9 [33.8 ; 38.5] 46.4 ; N = 19 ; C = 95% Me = 157.41 x 4.41 ; Qe = 36.16 Size of 1-1,5 x 0,5 mm, on dead needles of Pinus pinaster, raising the bark and splitting it with two parallel longitudinal scales. Very long spores, 157 x 4,4 microns, with 2 septa in the central part and two appendices with lance-top shape at the ends. Asci eight-spored, spores bundled spirally, IKI-. Paraphysis multiply septate, strangled on the base septa and very branched out in the tops (2-4 branches). Excipulum composed by chains of globular-ellipsoidal cells. The most similar species I have found is Naemacyclus minor, with smaller spores and without the appendices at the ends. Thank you Miguel Ángel Ribes

Bonsoir, <p>Trouvé sur cône de Pinus, apothécies 0.3-0.6mm de diamètre, noir, stipités.</p> <p>Asques 137-163x12.5-17µm, octosporés, J+, spores 53-80x2.5-4µm, multiseptés, paraphyses filiformes.</p> <p>Merci d'avance.</p> <p>Elisabeth</p>

Hi,<br /><br />unfortunately my Latin skills are rather poor so I'm unsure of the exact meaning of some parts of the following protolog. I would be grateful if someone could translate it. I do understand the general meaning of most of it but I'd need a more exact translation...<br /><br />H. ferrugineum. Otth. — Pulvinatum, immarginatum, globoso-subdepressum, vel irregulariter plus minus elongatum, peridermio superficialiter adnatum, et quasi radicula ad corticis fundum descendente instructum, extus ferrugineum grumosum, stromatis vero substantia interior e ferrugineo nigricans. Perithecia peripherica, plus vel minus distincte succenturiata, demum cum stromatis strato tegenti parum prominula; ostiolis minutissime papillatis.<br />Locis cortice denudatis stroma ligno adnatum pl. min. effusum, minus crassum, et perithecia evidentius succenturiata. <p>Link to the original text: http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?pid=mnb-001:1868:-::75<br /><br />Thank you!  <br /><br />Best wishes,<br />Gernot    </p>

I'm not sure, but it looks like Helminthosphaeria heterotricha, but not on wood, I found it on dead stem of Thalictrum minus. Ascomatas are old and I found only a few spores. I measured the big one.<br />

I thought I would share this picture here and see what spp. people think are present.  Corresponding Mushroom Observer post at http://mushroomobserver.org/238464.  Any IDs made here will be added to the observation.<br /><br />I see at least seven spp.:<br /><br />1 ?<br />2 Lophodermium (L. minus?)<br />3 Lophodermium sp.<br />4 Coccomyces sp.<br />5 Coccomuyces aff. clusiae<br />6. ?<br />7. ?<br /><br />I realize that most of these will never be identified without microscopy.  I hope to be able to provide some photomicrographs on all of these someday soon.  In the meantime, I appreciate your input.<br /><br />Many Thanks!

Hello guys, I need help for this species. I found it on a rotten branch of Prunus avium.

Hi,<br />does anyone has following paper for me:<br /><br />DiCosma Fr. &amp; al. 1983 -  Cyclaneusma gen. nov., Naemacyclus and Lasiostictis, a nomenclatural problem resolved. European Journal of Forest Pathology Volume 13, Issue 4, pages 206–212.<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />Bernard Declercq<br />

Hi,<br />I found these fruit bodies on pine needles. On some needles they were black, and on others they were not black. For the black ones Lophodermium pinastri seems a good match. For the none black ones I am not sure if they are L. pinastri? maybe L. concolor ?the paraphyses have kind of crystals or mucilage on their top. <p>Appreciate your help.</p> <p>Thank you.</p> <p>Souhila.</p>

Bonjour, Petits amas noir-luisants diam. environ 0,4 mm, sur feuilles pourrissantes de Phalaris (ou peut-être Carex?). Allure de Puccinia à la bino. Cellules individuelles noires +/- en croissant ou en triangle curviligne, avec des guttules, env. 7 x 13µ. Je ne trouve rien qui va dans Ellis. Avez-vous une piste ? Merci. Michel

<div>Hello forum.</div> <div>I collected some dark ones on Pinus cones last spring in Sodankylä,  Lappland.</div> <div>Now I finally studied them. They are now, when dry about 0,2-0,5 mm wide.</div> <div>The spores are about 8-10x 3-4 and develop up to 3 septas.</div> <div>The asci are about 40x6, IKI-.</div> <div>I have absolutely no idea of, what these may be.</div> <div>Hopefully someone here knows more about northern species: Marja</div> <div> </div>

Salut à tous (et en particulier Zotto!),<br /><br />I collected this <em>Orbilia </em>species last week, on a coastal shingle bank. The collection is a little sparse, consisting of only the pictured apos (minus one taken for microscopy):<br /> <p>Coll: 11/9/2022, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, East Sussex, UK. 50.924054 , 0.74207765<br />Herb: NA22911O<br />On standing stem of <em>Dipsacus fullonum</em>, approx 10cm from ground.</p> <p>Ascospores 5.1-7.6 x 2.7-3.5 um, with +/- flexuose SB.<br />Paraphyses apically inflated<br />SCBs present in excipulum, hyaline (also orange?), often donut-shaped</p> <p>Free ascospores were rare, but I observed several overmature trinacrium-like conidia on the substrate around the apos.</p> <p>I see <em>O.gambelii</em> is already known from herbaceous substrates, but this collection is somewhat north of its known distribution, and the species is seemingly not yet known from UK, so confirmation would be welcome.</p> <p>Amitiés,<br />Nick</p>

Our revision of Marthamycetales (Leotiomycetes) is published in Mycologia! Genera included: Cyclaneusma, Everhartia, Marthamyces, Mellitiosporiella, Mellitiosporium, Naemacyclus, Propolis, and Ramomarthamyces. Phragmiticola is excluded (placed in Arachnopezizaceae, Helotiales). Thanks to the AscoFrance community for posting your observations of Propolis and other Marthamycetales species and sending us specimens! https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2025.2516370<br />If you want the paper but can't download it send me your email.

Hello everyone.<br />The only thing I can say about it is that it is definitely very resistant to difficult winter conditions. From mid-January there were severe frosts, down to minus 25 degrees Celsius at night. It wasn't until a week that the temperatures rose above freezing. Therefore, they must have grown already before the New Year. Despite such a long growing season, they were in excellent shape.<br />Help in determining the species is appreciated! <p>Spores:<br />(16.9) 18 - 20.2 (20.4) × (3) 3.2 - 3.8 (3.9) µm<br />Q = (4.6) 4.7 - 6.2 (6.4); N = 7<br />Me = 18.9 × 3.5 µm; Qe = 5.4</p> <p>greetings<br />Mirek</p>

Hello, these ascos are estimately 0,1 to 0,3 mm wide. The snow is just melting away here and I,m been looking for Desmazierella, but think, that I'll find everything else ;)

Found on soil sling with mosses. Asci lugols negative. Spores 11-14x5-7 um Have no clue where to look. Somehe knows it? Regards

Bonjour, <p>Sur pierre recouvertes de mousses (muscicole/Thuidium/zone humide à 1350m), périthèces sphériques à piriformes avec une petite papille, 0.15 - 0.25 mm de diamètre, asques bituniqués, octosporés, IKI-, 240 - 435 x 35 - 44 µm, spores lisses, hyalines, brunâtres en vieillissant, 4 - 7 cloisons, entourées d'une enveloppe mucilagineuse, 52 - 68 x 13 - 15 µm, paroi brune. Avec ces caractères, je pense qu'il s'agit de Bryostroma necans. Qu'en pensez-vous ? Merci pour votre avis.<br /><br />Elisabeth</p>