17-05-2026 19:05
Thomas FlammerI have found this tiny 200 ym cup shaped apothecia
17-05-2026 16:41
Margot en Geert VullingsWe found this Lachnum on an old Rubus stem.Fruitbo
05-04-2026 22:46
Lothar Krieglsteiner
on wood of Ceratonia, Algarve, 3.4.2026.The color
15-05-2026 13:33
Sylvie Le GoffBonjour à tousJe serais très reconnaissante enve
16-03-2011 14:31
roman vargas albertoHi. I would like some opinion about this Peziza
14-05-2026 05:36
Ethan CrensonHi all, I haven't paid much attention to Lachnu
10-05-2026 23:17
Andreas Gminder
Hello,today we found in a moist steep decidous for
11-05-2026 12:32
Bernard CLESSE
Pourriez-vous m'aider à identifier cette héloti
13-05-2026 15:26
François Freléchoux
Bonjour,Voici une récolte faite il y a quelques j
this species puzzles me a bit. It grows under the bark of twigs (Castanea sativa according to the person who collected it) and doesn't develop much of a stromatic tissue between the perithecia but it does form small and rather well-defined pustules. Asci are long cylindrical, very thin-walled and fragile and I'm not sure about the number of ascospores but I have actually never counted more than 4 per ascus. They are also IKI-. Ascospores measure 15-21 x 10-13 µm and they are smooth, without sheaths or appendages but with a mostly straight germ slit over the whole length. Paraphyses are numerous, hyaline, filiform. Maybe you have an idea!
Best wishes,
Gernot
the microscopic characters of your fungus would fit Coniochaeta fairly well but the ascomata sunken in bark do not recall this genus. Did you try to search for small black setae around the ostiole?
Hope someone will come up with better suggestions.
Cheers,
Jacques
interesting, Coniochaeta didn't even cross my mind due to the macroscopic appearance. I haven't seen any setae but I'll have to check that again more carefully. Thanks!
Best wishes,
Gernot