Dialonectria episphaeria

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Dialonectria episphaeria

Collected by Michael Harrison. 5 March 2022 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Fruiting Body

Globose with a small papilla, orange red, to about 0.2 mm across

Flesh

Red

Smell

Not detectable

Distribution

Frequent

Habitat

On pyrenomycetes especially Diatrype species

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal, slightly constricted/waisted, finely rough, 1 septum (7-12) x (3.5-5) µm2.

Edibility

Inedible

Dialonectria episphaeria

Asci in Lactophenol Cotton Blue solution viewed with a x40 objective. 5 March 2022 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Dialonectria episphaeria

15 February 2015 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Dialonectria episphaeria

A fruiting body and asci in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 15 February 2015 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.