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| Record Summary | Scattered perithecia on dead, wet, decaying Bogbean rhizome at edge of pond |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 10 September 2006 |
| Associated organism | Menyanthes trifoloiata |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 10 Sep 2006[B] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
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Growing with Volutella ciliata.
Perithecia: red-brown, 0.37mm diam, with pointed apex.
Perithecial wall: with inflated cells up to 25µm.
Asci: 8-spored, cylindric; apex simply shallowly invaginated, not staining in iodine..
Ascospores: broadly fusiform, septate, 16-20/5.5-7.5µm, no sign of striations; when immature the spores are slightly girdled rather than waisted at the septum.
Nectria mammoidea appears closest, but substrate too soft.
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