intuder spores? Cudoniella acicularis

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  • January 15, 2016 at 11:47 pm #30062
    coffeeman

      I found this nice group of Cudoniella acicularis (hope I’m correct).

      Examining a sample showed up some black dots which turned out to be very spore-like in appearance – about 12 microns diameter.

      Assuming they are natural contaminants, does anyone have any suggestion what they might be from?

      regards, Alan

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      January 16, 2016 at 8:38 am #37952
      mollisia

        Hello,

        may be Elaphomyces?

        best regards,

        Andreas

        January 16, 2016 at 8:21 pm #37953
        coffeeman

          hello Andreas …. they do have that shaggy appearance to them!

          thanks, Alan

          January 17, 2016 at 4:14 pm #37954
          mollisia

            Hello,

            Scleroderma looks also very similar, but judging from the Cudoniella spores around your strange spores are quite big and should have a diam. up to 15 µm or so. That would be too big for Scleroderma, as far as I know. But you give a spore size of 12 µm, what would be within the range of Scleroderma, so this would be another option, may be an even better one.

            best regards,

            Andreas

            January 20, 2016 at 11:50 pm #37955
            coffeeman

              thanks again, Andreas

              earlier in the season there are plenty of Scleroderma in the vicinity, so that could well be the answer

              regards, Alan

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