23-05-2026 11:44
Charles Grapinet
Hello, I am having trouble identifying this copro
25-05-2026 16:44
François BartholomeeusenHi forum members,During an excursion organised by
25-05-2026 16:35
Bernard CLESSE
Bonjour à toutes et tous,J'ai trouvé récemment,
22-05-2026 13:29
Gernot FriebesHi,I am curious to hear your opinion on this mater
23-05-2026 18:57
Sylvie Le GoffBonjour à tousRécolté sur une branchette de Sal
22-05-2026 14:44
Lothar Krieglsteiner
in unripe condition citrine yellow, then soon fadi
22-05-2026 21:35
Steve ClementsBonjour, I expected this find on old wood on our
22-05-2026 18:12
Lothar Krieglsteiner
... in moist chamber from Portugal.As the fungus s
22-05-2026 20:08
Ethan CrensonHello all, Yesterday in NYC I was visiting an e
Under a pile of grass clippings (grass and herbs) I found several conidiomata. Under the microscope I found no conidiphores only loose conidia and hyphae.
The hyphae are brown and thick-walled, smooth or sometimes also verruculose and septated. The conidia are citriform with conidial hila and following dimensions: Me = 13.1 × 10 µm ; Qe = 1.3. First hyaline later black.
Would this belong to the genus Cladosporium and can anyone determine the species?
After two weeks I found Rhopalomyces magnus on the substrate so probably among the rotten grass is also dung.
All help is welcome!
Best regards,
François Bartholomeeusen
Regards Przemek
thanks to your help and the literature I found, I think I choose: Chaetomium elatum.
The spore dimensions and description seem correct: "limoniform, biapiculate or umbonate, bilaterally flattened, brown when mature, with an apical germ pore".
The description of the terminal hairs is also correct : "verrucose or warty, brown, erect or flexuous in the lower part, 2.5-4.5 ?m diam. near the base, repeatedly and dichotomously branched at right to nearly straight angles in the upper part, with relatively flexible, flexuous or undulate terminal branches".
In the attached photo, near the septum, I see something that looks like a crozier!
Best regards and thanks again,
François





