31-10-2024 22:25
Karen PoulsenHello, On half weathered Betula leaf, I noticed t
31-10-2024 21:42
Karen PoulsenHello, On last year's pine needles on the ground
28-10-2024 17:51
B Shelbourne• Macro and habitat suggest Hymenoscyphus s.l.,
28-10-2024 23:30
Marc DetollenaereDear Forum,I found some small fruit bodies of abou
23-10-2024 17:27
Enrique RubioHi againThese tiny apothecia (100-200 µm) were gr
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B Shelbourne• Very few macro characters and I initially thou
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Juuso ÄikäsYesterday I found some small white Helotiales grow
A Xylaria globosa (Spreng. ex Fr.) Mont. is a only Xylaria species with red-orange colorations in the ascostroma. This specimen found in the Cordillera Central, 500 mts. altitude, has these characteristics. The orange-red coloration develops only in thin sterile cilindrical stromata arising between fertile globose black stromata , they have few peritecias. The ascospores are 18-24 x 6-8 microns.
In http://mushroaming.com/Amazing_Amazon is referred as X. glabrosa, but i cant found any references to this specie.
Saludo.
In my experience X. polymorpha s.st. and X. obovata (syn schweinitzii) never produce red droplets when emerging but my concept of X. globosa does (= anisopleura). But this complex still needs a lot of attention using other methods :-)
The red drop producing taxon is extremely common in Ecuador and presumably over most of the Neotropics
cheers
Thomas