Unknown fungi on a stick

[leifus]

[diggleken]

that looks like coral spot Leifus, Nectria cinnabarina, in its conidial stage I think.
Ken

[NickCantle]

A nice example of Nectria cinnabarina.

Nick

[CapAndBracket]

Magnifying the image i believe i can see some little stems,
these may be a slime mould.

Cheers J.P.

[CapAndBracket]

Looks like we all posted at same time, and i'm in the minority.

Cheers J.P.

[NickCantle]

Minority doesn't mean incorrect

[leifus]

thanks guys
another one for me to remember for next time

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

Magnifying the image i believe i can see some little stems,
these may be a slime mould.

Cheers J.P.

little stems are normal in the Tubercularia conidial stage JP . . .

quote from a paper entitled Developments in the taxonomy of anamorphic fungi published in 1990

"Within a closely related group of holomorphs, a number of species produce what might superficially be considered synnemata. However, anatomical studies reveal that in Tubercularia vulgaris Tode : Fr. ( Fig. 2 b), the stipitate conidiomata are entirely composed of textura angularis and hence can be considered sporodochia." (my underlining)

apologies to those for whom this seems over-technical

it's definitely cinnabarina

best

Chris

[CapAndBracket]

Excellent, there are so many little bits of info yet to learn, it's such a big
subject

Cheers J.P.

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by CapAndBracket

Excellent, there are so many little bits of info yet to learn, it's such a big
subject

Cheers J.P.

I know - 'big' hardly starts to cover it

cheers

Chris