Colpoma crispum (Pers.) Sacc., (a discomycete)


3 Sep 2007 at OSGR: SK19 in Derby, England

Record Summaryblack discomycetes on dead, fallen, Norway Spruce cones
Found asFruitbody
Date3 September 2007
Associated organismPicea abies
OS grid refOSGR: SK19
Lat/Lon53° 30’ N, 1° 40’ W
Vice CountyDerby, VC no: 57
CountryEngland
Voucher3 Sep 2007[D]
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Notes:

Ascospores: cylindric-clavate, 32/3µm, multi-vacuolate and 1-septate.

Paraphyses: filiform, branched, 2µm diam, tips weakly agglutinated.

Ascus tips not staining in Melzer’s Iodine.

Excipulum: soft, black, covering hymenium when young.

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