14-10-2013 17:19
Chris Yeates
Bonsoir tousI note there have been at least two in
13-10-2013 18:00
Salvador TelloHola a todos.He encontrado este hongo creciendo en
11-10-2013 12:19
Garcia SusanaHi allfound on dung horse.I think this may be Spor
13-10-2013 10:38
Ibai Olariaga IbargurenHi! This is a second species found together with t
07-09-2013 21:00
Chris Yeates
Bonsoir tousWhile searching for aero-aquatic fungi
12-10-2013 21:17
Maren Kamke
Hi everybody, on the coast we found an ascomycete
11-10-2013 10:45
Eike HeinemannHello otherPezizaceae I found this yesterday with
12-10-2013 07:05
Christian Lechat
Dear friends,I look for the following paper: Nectr
11-10-2013 19:23
Bometon Javier
Hola a todosAlguna idea para este ascomiceto amari
Mollisia spectabilis
Chris Yeates,
14-10-2013 17:19
Bonsoir tousI note there have been at least two interesting threads concerning this taxon:
http://www.ascofrance.com/search_forum/13005
http://www.ascofrance.com/search_forum/20263
A recent find of what I think has to be this species has given me the opportunity to take some detailed micro-photo's which may be of interest to some members?. As has been commented upon by others this fungus sits very uneasily in Mollisia; gross morphology certainly suggests something in that direction, as does the structure of the excipulum, but paraphyses and asci do not look right for Mollisia at all.
Among the features I note is that while within the paraphyses there are examples of what might be termed 'pseudo-septa', in quite a number of instances true septa could be seen (as in the 8th photo). Also the amyloid ring was often very faint in Lugol, which may account for the statement by Graddon in TBMS that the asci were inamyloid.
The fungus was (sadly) solitary on a Quercus leaf (probably Q. petraea); free ascospores were scanty but those present measured 10.5-13.4 x 4.8-5.8. I am hoping further ascomata appear on the leaves I collected . . . .
Cordialement
Chris
Hans-Otto Baral,
14-10-2013 18:36
Re : Mollisia spectabilis
Yes, it is always sparse and nobody knows where it belongs. I compared it with Dennisiodiscus (!), especially those species without hairs, but the apical ring points more to a Helotiaceae.
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