Hello everyone,

I collected this in Central Park NYC yesterday.  I'm not sure of the substrate, but there are many old Elms in the area. It appears to be growing directly on the wood substrate, but also growing on a pyrenomycete which could be Nitschkia.  It looks a bit like Orbilia carpoboloides, though the spore dimensions are a bit off. Orange apothecia with a whitish crusty margin growing to about 1mm at the largest.  Asci are 57-70 x 4.5-5µm.  IKI-  Spores are almost seed shaped with long, worm-like bodies running near the narrow end.  7-9 x 3-3.5µm.  Paraphyses are bulbous at the ends with a narrow cap about 4µm at the widest point.  I can provide more images if necessary. Orbilia carpoboloides or maybe Orbilia flavidorosella? 

Thank you in advance.

Ethan