Rhizina undulata Fr., (pine firefungus, group dying disease (causative organism))


1 Nov 2015 at OSGR: SZ19 in South Hants, England

Record Summaryon bare ground under pines
Found asFruitbody
Date1 November 2015
OS grid refOSGR: SZ19
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountySouth Hants, VC no: 11
CountryEngland

Notes:

Asci: 8-spored, apex not blued in Melzer’s Iodine.

Paraphyses: filiform with swollen, clavate tips, apex brown encrusted.

Setae: brown, cylindric, round to clavate-tipped setae among the asci and paraphyses.

Ascospores: narrowly fusiform with pointed end-caps, 31-38/9-10µm, including appendages, with 2 large oil drops and several smaller ones.

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