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Hymenoscyphus fructigenus (Bull.) Fr., 1821 (Nut Disco, Nut Cup)

Date: 28 September 1999
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 28/09/1999[B]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: on cupule of aborted acorn
Associated organism: on rotting cupule of Quercus
Identification Notes: Spores: 20/3µm, often septate.
Ascus: tip very slightly (sub immers.) blued in Melzer's iodine
Paraphyses: linear, 2µm diam.

Images etc

magnified photograph Apothecia - side view 325 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Apothecia - top view 37 Kb 498 by 427 pixels
magnified photograph Apothecia on acorn cupule 23 Kb 263 by 387 pixels
magnified photograph Apothecia on acorn cupule 339 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Apothecia on acorn cupule 17 Kb 225 by 305 pixels
magnified photograph Apothecium - side view 15 Kb 312 by 369 pixels
magnified photograph Apothecium - top view 29 Kb 433 by 427 pixels
microscope photograph Acus tips in Melzer's iodine 14 Kb 331 by 262 pixels
microscope photograph Asci and paraphyses in Melzer's iodine 39 Kb 341 by 427 pixels
microscope photograph Asci in Melzer's iodine 13 Kb 166 by 421 pixels
microscope photograph Ascus tip in Melzer's iodine 9 Kb 129 by 391 pixels
microscope photograph Ascus tip in Melzer's iodine 4 Kb 89 by 244 pixels
microscope photograph Ascus tips in Melzer's iodine - bluing clearly visible 11 Kb 214 by 325 pixels
microscope photograph Excipular cells 33 Kb 341 by 427 pixels
microscope photograph Spore in ascus in Melzer's iodine 8 Kb 131 by 384 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 11 Kb 285 by 182 pixels

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