05-03-2026 10:07
Hulda Caroline HolteHello, I found and collected this species growing
05-03-2026 16:30
François BartholomeeusenDear forum members, On the 2nd of February 2026,
19-02-2026 17:49
Salvador Emilio JoseHola buenas tardes!! Necesito ayuda para la ident
03-03-2026 20:34
Miguel Ángel Ribes
Good eveningThese small, amphora-shaped perithecia
01-03-2026 18:02
Francois Guay
I found this mystery Helotiales on an incubated le
28-02-2026 14:43
A new refrence desired :Svanidze, T.V. (1984) Novy
Dear friends,in january my friend Bernd Fellmann from Bavaria / Germany found a Saccobolus on hare dung, which we cannot determinate with certainty.
Apothecia: 100 - 200 µm, disc convex, white
Asci: 70-90 x 20 µm, clavate, wall blue in Melzer's reagent
Spore-clusters: 40 x 15-17 µm, ascospores mostly transversely in two rows or simular
Ascospores: 13-15 x 7-8 µm, unequal sided fusiform and ornamented with isolated warts.
The clusters fit very well with Saccobolus infestans, but with clearly smaller asci and spores we can exclude it.
Saccobolus geminatus also does not agree completely.
But it seems to be a very rare species and we know nothing about its variability!
I hope, that somebody of you knows this species and can help us.
Regards
Norbert
First two photos are from Bernd Fellmann, the collage is from our friend Matthias Reul.


