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| Record Summary | young apothecia on dead, fallen pine needles |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 19 November 2009 |
| Associated organism | Pinus sylvestris |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU46 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 19 Nov 2009[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Pale, elongate apothecia erumpent through slits in the needle cuticle; amphigenous, growing on the adaxial and abaxial surfaces; not assocated with dark sclerotial lines; lips pale orange, perhaps more visible on the concave face of the leaf.
Hymenium: pale orange and waxy, embedded in pit in needle surface.
Ascospores: filiform; curved, bluntly elbowed or occasionally sigmoid; hyaline; multi-seriate (fasciculate) in ascus.
Paraphyses: hyaline, cylindric, with several short stubby branches at apex.
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