Daldinia fissa Lloyd, (gorse cramp ball)


14 Oct 2015 at OSGR: SZ19 in South Hants, England

Record Summaryon dead, burnt Gorse branches.
Found asFruitbody
Date14 October 2015
Associated organismUlex europaeus
OS grid refOSGR: SZ19
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountySouth Hants, VC no: 11
CountryEngland

Notes:

Interior gelatinous, loculate, with conspicuous zonation.

Ostioles papillate.

Stromatal pigments purplish (rind fragment in 10% KOH).

Spores: black, ellipsoid, with germ slit, 13-16/7-8µm.

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