04-06-2020 18:28
Malcolm Greaves
HelloCan someone help with this long necked flask
05-06-2020 13:53
Peter ThompsonHello Everyone,I would be interested in your opini
06-06-2020 20:25
Juuso ÄikäsI know next to nothing about these kinds of fungi
06-06-2020 19:03
Robin Isaksson
Found this mycogaena on populus on smooth twigs in
Hymenoscyphus vernus?
Juuso Äikäs,
22-05-2020 17:45
The asci seemed to be without croziers. I got almost no reaction with Melzer's but with Lugol's there was a fairly clear blue reaction with the apical pore.
Spore measurements: (7.6) 8.3 - 12.2 (13.3) × (3.4) 3.5 - 4.3 (4.4) µm
Q = (2) 2.3 - 3.1 (3.5) ; N = 16
Me = 10.3 × 3.8 µm ; Qe = 2.7
So does this fit H. vernus or might this be something else? I've found Cudoniella clavus before in the same stream last summer but I think this is something different. That finding had croziers and the stems were brown towards the base.
Hans-Otto Baral,
22-05-2020 20:37
Re : Hymenoscyphus vernus?
Yes, this is a good fit. A dark base is typical for H. vernus, not sure if it occurs also in C. clavus. Genetically the two species are surely congeneric, but the absence of croziers and the narrower, more cylindrical spores are typical of H. vernus.
Juuso Äikäs,
22-05-2020 20:50
Re : Hymenoscyphus vernus?
Ok, many thanks! I looked at a couple ascocarps with 20X magnification and the base of the stem was blackish. The C. clavus that I've found had more a medium brown than a blackish base.
Hans-Otto Baral,
22-05-2020 21:16
Re : Hymenoscyphus vernus?
This is exactly the current case.