Unknown asco

[flaxton]

I found what looked like a white Scutellinia on soil and my first choice was Humaria hemisphaerica. On closer inspection the hairs around the outside are distinctly tufted so my next idea was Trichophaea woolhopeia.

The spores fit with this but while I am poring over the books and microscope has anyone any other ideas as my library is a bit thin on these fungi.

Thanks

Mal

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by flaxton

I found what looked like a white Scutellinia on soil and my first choice was Humaria hemisphaerica. On closer inspection the hairs around the outside are distinctly tufted so my next idea was Trichophaea woolhopeia.

The spores fit with this but while I am poring over the books and microscope has anyone any other ideas as my library is a bit thin on these fungi.

Thanks

Mal

hi Mal

check out the excellent Ascofrance: Pezizomycetes - Pezizales I'm about to email you a PDF of notes by Brian Spooner on the six species of Trichophaea recognised in the Britain which is one of the many keys, etc we were given on the BMS Asco Foray - let me know that you've received it OK

cheers

Chris

edit - it's sent . . . .

PPS it's worth downloading Phillips' (not that one - William, and a tad earlier . . .) British Discomycetes http://www.archive.org/download/manu...hdyo00phil.pdf It's old, but Phillips was the person who described a lot of these species, after all (see page 215) - oh and for what it's worth I think you do have T. woolhopeia there providing the spores were smooth and match the image on Ascofrance
C

[flaxton]

Thanks as ever for the confirmation Chris.
The perfectly sized and smooth spores



and the hairs swolen at the base



give a perfect match for Trichophaea woolhopeia

Mal

How on earth do you keep track of all these papers and books Chris. I have probably 1/100 th of the stuff you have and I still strugle to find anything I have not looked at in the last week

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by flaxton

How on earth do you keep track of all these papers and books Chris. I have probably 1/100 th of the stuff you have and I still strugle to find anything I have not looked at in the last week

not quite sure what you mean by the above Mal . . . . AscoFrance is a website out there . . . . the Phillips book is available on the net and I got the Brian Spooner stuff by attending the BMS spring foray/asco workshop . . . . so only the latter is not freely accessible - I'll see if I can get you a copy of the disk we were given - it's full of excellent ascomycete info

Chris

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by flaxton

How on earth do you keep track of all these papers and books Chris. I have probably 1/100 th of the stuff you have and I still strugle to find anything I have not looked at in the last week

Remember he has a 'museum' mind ... info in there is very probably all neatly catalogued

Melanie

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by SheffieldLass

Remember he has a 'museum' mind ... info in there is very probably all neatly catalogued

Melanie

Remember, Chris has an 'operculate lid' on top of his head.
If we tie him to a stake, open the lid, and dip spoons into his brains and start eating it, we too will be brainy like him.

Neil.

[solus]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Remember, Chris has an 'operculate lid' on top of his head.
If we tie him to a stake, open the lid, and dip spoons into his brains and start eating it, we too will be brainy like him.

Neil.

Poor Chris!