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19-05-2026 19:47

Andreas Millinger Andreas Millinger

Hello dear community,found this species the second

19-05-2026 12:55

Hardware Tony Hardware Tony

After checking Gminder and Otto's library I cannot

19-05-2026 10:27

Patrice TANCHAUD

Bonjour, récolte récente sur terre retournée i

18-05-2026 12:43

Sylvie Le Goff

Bonjour à tousPuis je avoir votre aide sur ce que

19-05-2026 14:56

Åge Oterhals

I found this white cushion-formed ascomycete on ro

18-05-2026 19:49

William Slosse William Slosse

Good evening all,recently I found a portion of a S

18-05-2026 10:13

Lieve Deceuninck Lieve Deceuninck

Dear forum members,I identified this as the teleom

17-05-2026 22:09

éric ROMERO éric ROMERO

Bonjour tous, Je sollicite vos avis pour ce Molli

17-05-2026 19:05

Thomas Flammer

I have found this tiny 200 ym cup shaped apothecia

17-05-2026 16:41

Margot en Geert Vullings

We found this Lachnum on an old Rubus stem.Fruitbo

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Another observation of Cyathicula paludosa
B Shelbourne, 15-09-2024 12:51
B Shelbourne• Macro and habitat suggest Cyathicula.
• Confirmed by excipulum, etc.
• Receptacle also noticeably tough in sectioning and slide preparation.
• Spores suggest C. paludosa (with croziers).

Habitat: On a dead stem of Heracleum sphondylium, +/- standing, seems to have grown this year, damp and shady area, amongst herbaceous plants at the edge of a path, mixed deciduous woodland, Low Weald, England, early September, after lots of rain.


Spores: 12-14.6 (15.6) × 2.4-3 µm.

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Hans-Otto Baral, 15-09-2024 16:45
Hans-Otto Baral
Re : Another observation of Cyathicula paludosa
Yes it is. Can you tell me a date and coordinates?

I have the type of C. paludosa here but need to go through it, it is 9 specimens. Some of them are clearly C. starbbaeckii on Ranunculus. It would be a pity if C. paludosa would end up in synonymy with that species. Velenovsky's diagnoses are too bad, one easily mistakes them.

If so, I wonder why this not rare species that you have found actually has no name.
B Shelbourne, 15-09-2024 19:29
B Shelbourne
Re : Another observation of Cyathicula paludosa
Looking in your folders, Velenovsky's illustratation and description of the apothecia seems more like the photos of C. starbaeckii (shape in maturity and dark patch at base of receptacle), but the spores seem more like C. paludosa (more fusiform with a line of LBs across the length). Although the range of spore lengths is more fitting for C. starbaeckii. 

From what you've said and this description, it seems possible that Velenovsky was collecting both species but gave a mixed description as a single species. I wonder if he was aware of C. (Phialea) starbaeckii and the similarities with his taxon?


I would think that the species I found has been found in Europe many time before, but perhaps it has been confused with other Cyathicula species. It may be more challenging to clearly distinguish dead material too.