Record Summary | on dead fallen Beech leaves and oak cupules and aborted acorns |
Found as | Fruitbody |
Date | 10 October 2008 |
Associated organism | Fagus sylvatica |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W |
Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 10 Oct 2008[D] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Apothecia: sessile, up to 5mm diam.
Paraphyses: filiform.
Asci: faintly blued at apex in Melzer’s Iodine.
Ascospores: 24-27/5µm, clavate.
The spores were a bit large and it was growing on Beech leaves as well as acorns and cupules, but H. fructigenus seems to be the closest.
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