Neck

Spores

A key to Scopinella species:

1. Fungicole, asci 2-4 spored ......................................................................... 2
1a. On other substrates, asci 8-spored .......................................................... 3

2. On Apiosporina morbosa, asci 2-spored
sp. 7,9-9,1 x 5-6,5 .............................................................. S. sphaerophila
2a. On Endocronartium harknessii, asci 2-4-spored,
sp. 3,5-8,0 x 2,9-6,5 ............................................................ S. gallicola
2b. On ?Seimatosporium, asci 2-spored,
sp. (7,7-)8,0-9,6(-13,8) x (8,1-)8,5-9,8(-13,2) ................... S.coronata

3. Neck with basket-like structure .................................................................. 4
3a. Not with above character ......................................................................... 5

4. Neck 1800-2500 um long .................................................... S. musciformis
4a. Neck < 1000 um long ................................................................. S. barbata

5. Sp. 7-11 x 5-8 x 4-7,5 (-8), without stroma................................ S. caulincola
5a. Sp (4,5)-5-6(-8) x 3,8-5,8, with small stroma................................. S. solani

Thanks Perz,
Now you just have to know what the structure (basket-like structure) is meant. How big are the spores of S. barbata and S. musciformis? Otherwise, it would indeed fit well to S. solani.

Basket-like structure on neck-tips on S.musciformis (fide Stchigel et al. 2006)

Hallo Peter,

Ich meine, das "basket-like" Strukture ist ein Verdickung, wo befinden sich die Sporen. So was gibt es bei S.solani nicht - die hat nur ganz kurze Haaren - das ist ganz gut auf Deine Mikros zu sehen.

Ich denke auch, dass Dein Fund eine S.solani ist - was was das Substrat ?

beste Gruesse
Pimpek

Du hast recht, den Artikel wo du die Tafel her hast kenne ich. Mycologia, 98(5), 2006: 815-820
Beim Substrat bin ich mir nicht sicher, könnete Lupine sein. Das kläre ich noch.

Gruß und Danke Peter

Dear Piotr and Peter,

I am in the field collecting fungi and have rather limited internet connections. I apologize for not answering your messages. It looks as though you have the Scopinella issues well in hand.

I have found some nice S. sphaerophila collections in the last week and I thought you might enjoy seeing pictures of them. The first shows ascostromata of Apiosporina morbosa, covered with S. sphaerophila (but you cant't see them here). A second picture shows the perithecia and asci.

Dave

Perithecia and asci