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Whitish Discomycete
Josep Torres, 19-05-2025 09:42
Josep TorresHello.
An ascomycete photographed on April 20, sprouting on the surface of a decaying trunk lying on the ground, most likely an oak tree.
Whitish apothecia, turning ochre with maturation or dehydration, with a diameter of 0.2 to 0.4 mm, sprouting scattered but abundantly on the trunk surface.
The apothecia react with KOH to an intense reddish yellow.
Hyphae of the exciple are roughly rectangular, suggesting a parallel arrangement.
Osctosporic asci, apparently with hooks at their bases and amyloid reaction of their tiny apical apparatus with Melzer's reagent, measuring 42.9–51.2 × 5–6.5 µm.
Paraphyses with contents inside, this content most visible in water.
Ascospores are cylindrical to fusiform, with a slightly granular interior. Free spore measurements in water are:
(4.6) 6 - 8.2 (8.9) × (2) 2.3 - 3.2 (3.7) µm
Q = (2) 2.3 - 3 (3.1) ; N = 30
Me = 7.2 × 2.8 µm ; Qe = 2.6

Given its characteristics, my first choice would be Mollisia, but I haven't found any in the Keys that fit my proposal. Another option would be Calycina, with an identical result.
Any suggestions from you will be welcome and carefully studied.
Thank you very much in advance for your opinion.
Best regards.

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Lothar Krieglsteiner, 19-05-2025 09:56
Lothar Krieglsteiner
Re : Whitish Discomycete
A Mollisia? No. A Mollisia has an excipulum of dark textura globulosa, here I see a hyaline prismatica. Mollisia has distinct vacuolar bodies in its paraphyses, here they seem to lack.
Unfortunately, you do not show the (marginal) hairs (or do I overlook them?). Otherwise I would suggest a Hyaloscypha or something related (?). I do not have a species of any possible genus with a KOH-reaction in my mind. But perhaps somebody else does ...
Best regards, Lothar
Enrique Rubio, 19-05-2025 11:43
Enrique Rubio
Re : Whitish Discomycete
Hola Josep.
Creo que habría que descartar Mollisia porque el excípulo no posee una textura globulosa (angularis). Yo pienso en Hyaloscypha por los largos y densos pelos, pero desgraciadamente no se ven imágenes de ellos y por tanto es muy difícil asegurarlo.
Saludos.