Distorted orange-peel, Melastiza cornubiensis ?

[Alantb]

You can easily tell Melastiza spp. from dried up Tremella with a hand lens. Melastiza has quite large brown hairs at the edges of the cups.
There is supposed to be a difference between M. chateri (300+ records) and M. cornubiensis (13 records), they are recorded separately in the British Database ....... but I agree with Ken, having looked at the same book. On one foray this year two parties recorded them separately (on the same day). The ones growing on a mossy stump we called M. chateri, this being the commonly used name (e.g. in Courtecuisse). The other party, found similar fb's on soil and called them M. cornubiensis but not knowing this at the time we weren't able to compare them. Anybody ever done this?
M. cornubiensis has not previously been recorded in Yorks but probably this is because people just stick to one name until comparison studies are made.

[watsthat]

Hello Alantb

I started (re) reading this thread not realising that I had contributed to it earlier this year. What made you resurrect it? Interesting to myself though because I have found a Melastiza on clay amongst winter stubble, which I think is typical. Its interesting that you have it on a mossy stump, quite a different substrate. I don`t suppose you have any pictures.

Cheers

Pete

[NickCantle]

I still think that the species in question is T. mesenterica.

[watsthat]

I can`t argue with you there Nick.

It looks like Alantb and myself are side tracked into a discussion on Melastiza because of the title of the thread.

Pete

[NickCantle]

Ah I see, my apologies- the result of not reading every post in a thread.

[Alantb]

Oops, didn't mean to divert the discussion; Nick is of course right but I just wanted to clarify the difference between the Tremella and Melastiza.
Picture is of Melastiza cf chateri, about 1.2 cm dia. found on mossy stump, Potteric Carr 2008. The hairs are, I hope, quite visible.