12-01-2026 22:02
Ethan CrensonHello all, I am hoping someone will have some ins
11-01-2026 20:35
Josep Torres
Hello.A very tiny pyrenomycete sprouting sparsely
13-01-2026 18:55
Rees CronceStrossmayeria sp. on indet. decroticate hardwoodTh
13-01-2026 07:57
Danny Newman
cf. Bombardia on indet. decorticate woodAppalachia
13-01-2026 10:13
Danny Newman
Cordieritidaceae sp. on indet. wood w/ Hypoxylon s
13-01-2026 07:28
Danny Newman
Chlorociboria glauca on indet. decorticate logThe
13-01-2026 07:14
Danny Newman
Neodasyscypha cerina on indet decorticate logThe S
13-01-2026 09:10
Danny Newman
Dasyscyphella chrysotexta on indet. decorticate ha
13-01-2026 08:43
Danny Newman
Tricladium varicosporioides on indet. decorticate
13-01-2026 08:49
Danny Newman
Coccomyces sp. on fallen Rhododendron leavesPretty
I'm looking for help with this pyreno found on a branch of Sorbus aria lying on the ground.
Stromata without much of a defined shape or form; they are black, somewhat effused, smooth but with irregular outline and a bumpy surface due to the individual perithecia. The perithecia have a papillate ostiolum. Asci long cylindric, thin-walled and filled with numerous droplets when immature, no apical apparatus observed, IKI negative, 8-spored. Paraphyses filiform, up to 2.5 wide, tapering a little bit towards the apex. Ascospores hyaline, smooth, without sheath or appendages, usually with 1 transverse middle septum which can be difficult to observe, sometimes aseptate, only rarely somewhat constricted at the septum, (7.5)8-11(15) x 2-2.5 µm.
Not a very distinctive fungus but I'm hoping that someone might recognize it...
Best wishes,
Gernot
