Hymenoscyphus fructigenus (Bull.) Gray, (nut disco, nut cup)

28 Sep 1999 at OSGR: SU46 in Berks, England

Hymenoscyphus fructigenus is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Record Summary	on cupule of aborted acorn
Found as	Fruitbody
Date	28 September 1999
Associated organism	Quercus
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU46
Lat/Lon	51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England
Voucher	28 Sep 1999[B] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

Notes:

Spores: 20/3µm, often septate.

Ascus: tip very slightly (sub immers.) blued in Melzer’s iodine

Paraphyses: linear, 2µm diam.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997. Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, 2nd (New Enlarged), 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

macro-photographs:
photomicrographs:	$Image 8: Acus tips in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$ $Image 9: Asci and paraphyses in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$ $Image 10: Asci in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$ $Image 11: Ascus tip in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$ $Image 12: Ascus tip in Melzer\'s iodine (2) (Click to view.)$ $Image 13: Ascus tips in Melzer\'s iodine - bluing clearly visible (Click to view.)$ $Image 15: Spore in ascus in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$

macro-photographs:

photomicrographs:

$Image 8: Acus tips in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$

$Image 9: Asci and paraphyses in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$

$Image 10: Asci in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$

$Image 11: Ascus tip in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$

$Image 12: Ascus tip in Melzer\'s iodine (2) (Click to view.)$

$Image 13: Ascus tips in Melzer\'s iodine - bluing clearly visible (Click to view.)$

$Image 15: Spore in ascus in Melzer\'s iodine (Click to view.)$

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Hymenoscyphus fructigenus (Bull.) Gray, (nut disco, nut cup)

28 Sep 1999 at OSGR: SU46 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hymenoscyphus fructigenus is also a member of:

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