Fujimyces oödes (Bayl. Ell.) Minter & Caine, (a coelomycete)


16 Dec 2006 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summarysuperficial, on dead pine cone scale under pines
Found asAnamorph
Date16 December 2006
Associated organismPinus sylvestris
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher16 Dec 2006[B]
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Notes:

Conidiomata: superficial, clustered, spherical, c. 0.3mm diam, saturated, white to pale (dark) grey when moist, drying pale greyish-yellow, often with apical pore or papilla.

Conidia: abundant, hyaline, acicular, 45-55/1µm, 3-septate, unstained in Melzer’s Iodine, stainning in cotton blue.

Agrees closely with Fujimyces oödes, except it is greyish instead of brown. Nearby brown blobs turned out to be insect frass.

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