beech mast fungi plus

diggleken · #1 (**permalink**) 25-01-2009, 04:15 PM

Found this today on old blackened beech mast - is it a form of hypoxylon?

And is this so so tiny red pinhead nectria peziza?
Its not cinnabarina, but I'm lost beyond that!
Growing on old deciduous stuff, poss beech.

Thanks a lot
Ken

leifus · #2 (**permalink**) 25-01-2009, 04:21 PM

Your first looks like beechmast fungus

Lancashire Lad · #3 (**permalink**) 25-01-2009, 04:29 PM

Hi Ken,

I'd go with Xylaria carpophila for the Beechmast Fungus.

Not a clue on the second - it might be a type of slime mould though ?

Regards
Mike.

EDIT - Could Tubifera ferruginosa - ( Raspberry Slime Mould ) be a possibility?

diggleken · #4 (**permalink**) 25-01-2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

Hi Ken,

I'd go with Xylaria carpophila for the Beechmast Fungus.

Not a clue on the second - it might be a type of slime mould though ?

Regards
Mike.

EDIT - Could Tubifera ferruginosa - ( Raspberry Slime Mould ) be a possibility?

Excellent Mike - I knew I had seen it somewhere in a Gallery, but thats a grand ID, cheers!
Not sure whether Leifus was joking

- he was right of course! (ha ha)!
Slime mould is a possibility for the other, but that one you quote doesnt look right - I need to do some more research, as ever.
Ta
Ken

Chris Yeates · #5 (**permalink**) 25-01-2009, 07:36 PM

hi

the red fungus is not a slime mould; it is a Nectria, though not N. peziza which is much yellower/more orangey than this . . .

characters used for identifying Nectria include:

the type of imperfect state (anamorph) which often accompanies the perfect stage (think of the pinkish 'sporodochia' which are the imperfect stage of coral spot Nectria cinnabarina)

how the perithecia shrink on drying - lateral pinching, collapse of the apex etc.

spore types and measurements

clearly there are none of those characters available here; as an educated guess I would be thinking of Nectria coccinea, which is this colour and often occurs on Fagus wood; it also often grows in clusters on a stroma as these appear to be doing; but without further examination I would only say possibly this

hope that helps a bit

Chris

leifus · #6 (**permalink**) 25-01-2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

Hi Ken,

I'd go with Xylaria carpophila for the Beechmast Fungus.

Not a clue on the second - it might be a type of slime mould though ?

Regards
Mike.

EDIT - Could Tubifera ferruginosa - ( Raspberry Slime Mould ) be a possibility?

thats what I meant

X.carpophila

diggleken · #7 (**permalink**) 26-01-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

the red fungus is not a slime mould; it is a Nectria, though not N. peziza which is much yellower/more orangey than this . . .

characters used for identifying Nectria include:

the type of imperfect state (anamorph) which often accompanies the perfect stage (think of the pinkish 'sporodochia' which are the imperfect stage of coral spot Nectria cinnabarina)

how the perithecia shrink on drying - lateral pinching, collapse of the apex etc.

spore types and measurements

clearly there are none of those characters available here; as an educated guess I would be thinking of Nectria coccinea, which is this colour and often occurs on Fagus wood; it also often grows in clusters on a stroma as these appear to be doing; but without further examination I would only say possibly this

hope that helps a bit

Chris

No it doesn't - it helps a LOT!
I had it as a nectria too and thought peziza was too yellowy, so I need to try and narrow it down now to coccinea if I can, so thanks Chris, as ever.
What a gorgeous rich colour though!
Ta
Ken