Lophodermium conigenum (Brunaud) Hilitzer, (a discomycete)


16 Dec 2006 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summaryerumpent apothecia on dead pine cone scale under pines
Found asFruitbody
Date16 December 2006
Associated organismPinus sylvestris
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher16 Dec 2006[A]
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Notes:

Apothecia: hysteroid, erumpent, soft when wet and very pale grey inside thin black valves.

Asci: with 8 long, narrow, cylindric spores, unstained in Melzer’s Iodine.

Ascospores: long, cylindric, narrow, flexuous, aseptate, ends rounded, 150/2.5µm, with gelatinous coat 5µm diam.

Paraphyses cylidric, hyaline, with curved clavate tips, unstained in Melzer’s Iodine.

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