Hypocrea sulphurea group
Cotter River, ACT
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| Hypocrea sulphurea group | Heino | 6 Oct 2016 | |
| Hypocrea sulphurea group | Heino | 6 Oct 2016 | |
| Hypocrea sp. | KenT | 2 Oct 2016 |
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User's notes
Growing on the side of a dead branch in a very moist area. A small sample was place on a slide for microscopic examination to reveal asci with 16 spores per ascus
3 comments
5 Oct 2016
Individual spores in a water mount @500x magnification under bright field illumination appeared to have a green tinge. I had assumed it was an artifact of the preparation and the illumination.
6 Oct 2016
I look at Hypocrea sulphurea (or a relative) as highly plausible (but I could be wrong) and you can read a long note if you go to the 'Hypocrea sulphurea group' species page. Hypocrea citrina (and its relatives) are also yellow and are the subject of this paper: B.E. Overton et al (2006). Systematics of Hypocrea citrina and related taxa, Studies in Mycology, 56, 1-38. However, a read of that paper suggests that a vivid yellow Hypocrea, at least seemingly on wood, is not in that group. You'd be right about the greenish tinge being an artefact, since the green I'm thinking of is obvious (and such species were once placed in the genus Creopus).
Location information
- Coordinates 148.847556-35.394000
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 24 Sep 2016 12:26 PM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- Fungi Other non-black fungi Other fungi on wood KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hypocrea sulphurea group
Species information
- Hypocrea sulphurea group Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible