Hello,

I don’t know if I’m getting this correct. I came across clusters of bright red Nectria on the bark and the cut surface of a log. They are 0.2 to 0.3 mm across (around 5 per mm); have a rough surface with small points; the spores are around 16 x 5 microns with a single septum and with or without a droplet in each side; the asci have some sort of structure at the tip.

I’m guessing N. fuckeliana, but this has a couple of problems;-

-         the structure at the tip of the asci doesn’t seem to extend right the way to the end of the asci.

-         The clusters are not apparently sitting in the stroma of the wood.

If anyone can help I would appreciate it.

Thank you,

Gina.