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27-04-2026 20:52

Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

Found on hanging tiwg of Olea europaea in dried-ou

27-04-2026 18:48

Tony Moverley

Collected 23rd April 2026, Norfolk, EnglandSwarms

27-04-2026 17:41

Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

.. Algarve, same leaf than the last post. The con

27-04-2026 18:05

Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

... still attached at standing tree. The green con

27-04-2026 17:16

Lothar Krieglsteiner Lothar Krieglsteiner

.. Algarve, moist lying.The conidiomata look like

27-04-2026 12:54

Steve Clements

Bonjour. Ce petit champignon blanc résupiné et

27-04-2026 09:59

Pauline. Penna

Bonjour Can anyone advise me on these pycnidia fo

26-04-2026 21:08

William Slosse William Slosse

Several species of Ramularia occur on Rumex that I

22-04-2026 20:54

Enrique Rubio Enrique Rubio

Hi to everybody.This Pyrenopeziza grew in moist le

25-04-2026 11:34

Louis DENY

Bonjour forumdans la clé de Zotto, L. pudicellum

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Bright orange stalked asco
Carl Farmer, 28-10-2025 15:37
I'd be grateful for any suggestions for this striking orange-red asco found on a recumbent oak trunk in Cowal, Scotland. I've not been able to find a match in any books or online. UK Fungi forum members are stumped by it and suggested I post it here.

I'm not very good at microscopy but the largest spores in a squash were about 5.3-6.7 x 2.2-2.6 mu, elliptical, hyaline, 8 per ascus. Paraphyses hyaline and of even width.

With many thanks for any help,
Carl
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Thomas Læssøe, 28-10-2025 16:17
Re : Bright orange stalked asco
Guepiniopsis has basidia
Lothar Krieglsteiner, 28-10-2025 17:52
Lothar Krieglsteiner
Re : Bright orange stalked asco
but on picture 5 (micro-foto 2) I see asci.
Michel Hairaud, 28-10-2025 18:57
Michel Hairaud
Re : Bright orange stalked asco
Hi Carl, 
Thank you for this first post of yours on the Ascofrance forum. Feel welcome here. 

Indeed an interesting species ! With apparently an Hymenoscyphus habit. 

Some more information would help for a placement in a supraspecies entity, also micro pictures with a x100 magnification. 
Can you picture the medulla and ectal cells ? Can you also test a iodine reaction on Ascus apex 

Amitiés
Michel



Carl Farmer, 03-11-2025 18:57
Re : Bright orange stalked asco
Ben Mitchell, who was present when the fungus was found and who lives nearby, has been back to get another sample and taken some better microscope photos than I could, including one showing the ascus tip in Lugol's iodine. This has certainly made it darker but without much of a blue tinge. It has made the spores blue though.

The photos would have to be compressed in size and quality to meet the forum rules, so I've put them online at http://www.abrec.org.uk/OrangeAsco/orange-asco.htmjavascript:mctmp(0); to give best visibity of detail. Hope this is allowed.

Neither Ben nor I nor anyone else I know is very experienced in fungal microscopy!