in moist chamber #485 04--11/05/2024 on bark of dead branche of Fagus sylvatica
spores 8,7-9,5 (10,3) µm, warted.
TH= 0,55mm, Ø= 0.22mm.
AM 5373
in moist chamber #476-2 28/04--10/05/2024 on bark of Acer.
Spiny capillitium
spores 9.5-11.1 µm.
AM 5360-3
on bark of fallen branch of Acer.
Elaters with smooth spiral bands with obtuse ends.
spores 11.1-12.7 µm., warted.
AM 5343
Comatricha elegans var. pallens G. Lister
in moist chamber #475 04--25/04/2025 on bark of Quercus pubescens.
AM 5358
Licea pusilla
in moist chamber #461 on dead bark of Cedrus atlantica, 03/02—21/03/2024.
One row of papillae along lines of dehiscence in margins of peridium.
Spores warted, 13.5-14.3 µm.
AM 5297
in moist chamber #470 on bark of Quercus pubescens 26/02--05/03/2024
TH= 0.26mm, stalk to collar= 0.12mm, sporocyst Ø= 0.26mm.
AM 5260
in moist chamber #449-2 on twig of Hedera helix 27/02--04/03/2024
AM 5257
in moist chamber #461 on dead bark of Cedrus atlantica, 03/02—06/03/2024.
AM 5262
in moist chamber #455 02--24/02/2024
TH= 280 µm, Ø= 140 µm.
spores 7.9-9 µm.
AM 5235
Several obtained in moist chamber #452 02--28/02/2024 on bark of Quercus ilex.
Peridium with papillae just at the edge of lines of dehiscence.
Spores 10-11 (11.5) µm, smooth with half darker line at the periphery,
AM 5248
in moist chamber #466 21--27/02/2024.on bark of Pinus.
spores 11.9-12.7 µm, warted.
TH= 0.53 mm. stalk= 0.40mm.
the stalk reticulate at the base.
AM 5243-2
in MC #461 03--22/02/2024 on bark of Cedrus atlantica.
AM 5230
in moist chamber 03--11/02/2024, #461 on bark of Cedrus atlantica.
TH= 160µm
spores 7.9-9.5 µm,
columella included in the spore-like body.
AM 5217
Aug 18, 2022
Peace River, BC
RD00685
Growing on boreal spruce forest on dead leaves.
Diderma donkii seems like the best fit. Uncertain if it truly has a double peridium.
Sessile, heaped small, wrinkled generally circular sporocarps, <0.5mm, white (some with cream tinge).
Hypothallus poorly developed.
Peridium single or double? Fragile, wrinkled outer with maybe inner membranous layer attached. Dehiscence irregular.
Columella absent on most, some with small, white poorly developed.
Capillitium abundant, brown with pale tips, branched (often with perforated/meshed membranous expansions), abundant dark beads.
Spores free, pale, evenly warted, 9.3-11.8 (occasional much larger ones not measured). No angles or bands.
Growing with Didymium squamulosum.
from moist chamber #455 on Quercus ilex, 02--08/02/2024.
spores 7.9-8.7 (9.5) µm.
AM 5211
No intact spores. ID based on regular small spines on elaters and well developed brownish hypothallus.
Looks like it did not fully develop, but spores and capillitium match P. album.