On Possum Dung with Nematode
or possibly Acrostalagmus sp?
Dna/its, will conduct microscopy, growing off of and in the cracks of bark
-1-2mm high max
-Ornamented incrusted cells on the stipe
Microscopy done in KOH
-1-2mm high max
-Ornamented incrusted cells on the stipe
Microscopy done in KOH
Several units bursting through the bark. The amount of conidia produced on each fruitbody is humongous. The fungus itself is hidden at the bottom; it is gelatinous and immerse in the wood. What the photo shows are the masses of conidia that break apart when wet. They kind of 'melt' on the wood. Conidia are produced trough some type of collar. On Ficus carica; at the edge of a preserve, in a seepage area.
Clonostachys rosea (Link: Fr.) Schroers et al. F 85
was isolated from soil at Site B in June. This is known to be mycoparasite as Gliocladium roseum, a widely distributed species. This species was transferred to Clonostachys in 2000. It is characterized by two kinds of conidiophores. The Verticillium-type primary conidiophores are formed first, then more complicated Penicilium-type secondary conidiophores are formed. The shape of conidia from both types are different from each other. The conidia are also characteristically asymmetrical. https://www.tamagawa.ac.jp/sisetu/gakujutu/alsrc/tama_kin/slide08e.htm
Stick was retrieved from a rice canal and incubated. Cotton Blue cells from second day; Kongorot cells from 3rd day. Bulbil-like cells developed on it. They start white and mature to a pink-peach tone. They don't seem to have an attachment. Conidia are starting to develop giving the fungus some kind of cauliflower appearance.
Anamorphe:
Conidies 5,5-5,7 x 1,8-2,1um.
Téleomorphe:
Spores 13,1-16,5 x 3,5-4,8um.
Péridium mauve dans le KOH.
Document consulté:
Hirooka, Yuuri & Rossman, A.Y. & Samuels, G.J. & Lechat, Christian & Chaverri, Priscila. (2012). A monograph of Allantonectria, Nectria, and Pleonectria (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota) and their pycnidial, sporodochial, and synnematous anamorphs. Studies in mycology. 71. 1-210. 10.3114/sim0001.
Hidden underneath on hardwood. The fungus has a fluffy aspect; the erect conidiophore parts are topped with a matrix of conidia that falls apart when place in water. Structure has repent and erect conidiophores; these bear the fertile cells which appear in a verticillate style. The area has lots of recently shopped wood to clear from vegetation overgrowth. Lots of Ficus carica (common fig) were reduced to pieces in this spot. The fungus was seen several times, always on the wood not on bark. The place is shady and wet. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Acrostalagmus-luteoalbus-on-natural-substrate-a-c-Conidiophores-and-phialides-d_fig2_259398053
Growing on rotting wood.
Conidia pear shaped and 1 septate.
A very small fruitbody of arachnoid aspect; on hardwood. Shady woods.
Tiny black anamorphic fungi on decorticated log. Fruitbodies about 0.5mm in height, producing whitish conidia mass at the top.
Conidia aseptate, cylindrical to ellipsoid, measured
*(4.1) 4.2 - 5.1 (5.5) × 2 - 2.29 (2.3) µm
Q = (1.8) 1.9 - 2.4 (2.5) ; N = 20
Me = 4.6 × 2.2 µm ; Qe = 2.1
On overwintered glasses hyphomycete. Conidiomata ? with dark hairs, but I'm not certain that hair belong to this fungi. Hairs thick-walled, septate, 180-335um in length.
Conidia mass is pink or red when dry.
Conidia aseptate, hyaline, multiguttulate, with interesting appendage at one end, measured
*(12) 13.8 - 15.3 (16) × (3.1) 3.13 - 3.5 (3.6) µm
Q = (3.7) 3.8 - 4.6 (5.1) ; N = 23
Me = 14.2 × 3.3 µm ; Qe = 4.3
Growing on rotting deciduous wood, Quebec, Canada.
Conidia shooting from the conidiophores, 40,6-46,7 x 5,2-5,6um.
Conidiophore 205,8-219,6 x 7,7-8,3um.
Growing directly from wood
Tiny - maybe 1mm
Will upload micro pics soon
Found on a deciduous branch, Quebec, Canada.
Conidia (21,5)35,3-43,6um pinkish hue?, segments 2,6-3,7um.