rotting birch log stuff?

[diggleken]

The birch pile has this lot on it after only a couple of months , in damp shady conditions, grateful for help/advice on ID.
Besides hypoxylon multiforme, here are some pics of Mollisia spp, bisporella spp, oak pin cudoniella acicularis maybe, but doesnt look right, and a puzzle that may be a myxo. All very tiny.




Cheers
Ken

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by diggleken

. . . All very tiny.
Cheers
Ken

hi Ken

call these tiny?


Mollisia sp. indeed


wouldn't argue with Bisporella citrina either


possibly C. acicularis, but I think Hymenoscyphus sp. is more likely - confused by the bowl-like specimen


the clumps of woolly whitish perithecia with small black ostioles (openings for the spores to come out) in centre and upper right are a true fungus all right - the ascomycete Lasiosphaeria ovina

cheers

Chris

[diggleken]

thanks Chris, yep, I reckon its another hymenoscyphus, none had a 'rolled' cap rim like oak pin - so more work on that one too - I'll keep an eye on them, theyre only in the garden 'logs for life' pile..........
The other, Lasiosphaeria ovina thats another new one for me! brill.
Cheers
all in Yorkshire of course.
Ken