zz – ascomycetes - apothecial at Paddys River, ACT

zz – ascomycetes - apothecial

1 Cup fungus at Paddys River, ACT

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	zz – ascomycetes - apothecial	28 Jan 2022	Heino1
	Bisporella citrina	10 Aug 2021	Detritivore

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Discs all <1mm across. Found in wet sclerophyll forest on decaying eucalyptus leaf.

3 comments

Heino1 wrote:

11 Aug 2021

It seems too dull coloured for Bisporella. I also wonder if what you're holding is not a eucalypt leaf but an Acacia melanoxylon phyllode. If so, the size and colour of your fungus mean you might have Hymenotorrendiella eucalypti, though I can't see enough detail to be sure. See Hymenotorrendiella eucalypti for why that species has mistakenly been named 'eucalypti'.

Detritivore wrote:

12 Aug 2021

It could quite possibly be Hymenotorrendiella eucalypti. I do not recall any Acacia melanoxylon in the area that it was found. The fruits did not have any hairs around the cup, but whats not to say that they weren't mature yet.

Heino1 wrote:

12 Aug 2021

Ah well, it might remain a puzzle. Various small ascomycetes are found on leaf litter. Often it would need microscope work to be sure of even genus. Your leaf is the sort of thing that would make an ideal herbarium specimen. Lots of fruitbodies and seemingly at several stages of development.

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