Identificaciones de pamjanszen

Sporocarps: 1.5-2.3 mm, in dense colony on rotting Populus trichocarpa wood. Stalk: 1.0-1.4 mm (60-70% TH). Sporothecae: globose, umbilicate below, 0.5-0.8 mm diam. Peridium: dehiscing into broad fragments. Capillitium: dark brown, paler at the tips. Spores: (8.4)8.7-9.7(10.8) µm, minutely and evenly warted.

@tyson_ehlers @pamjanszen @ryan_durand Thought this was some weird scenario where a Lamproderma sporotheca was seated on top of an immature Licea variabilis, but then I stumbled upon the page in Poulain on this species and it blew my mind. Super cool. The gelatinous stalk thingy disappeared after a day.

Stalk black with some pale yellow nearer to sporotheca. Peridium thin, grey, with lime. Lime nodes in capillitium small, angular, irregular, pale yellow to yellow. Spores brown, warted, ~9um.

@pamjanszen @ryan_durand @tyson_ehlers Tried going through Poulain, but the Physarum key there is tricky. Based on what I can tell on iNat, P. leucophaeum is a good fit, but I don't really know as I haven't found any confirmative evidence. Thanks.

Plasmodiocarps - Growing on wood.

Peridium - Light brown, granular.

Capillitium - Dark brown, wavy, with occasional nodes and occasional branching. Appearing ridged.

Spores - ~10um, grouped, non-reticulate.

Sporocarps - 1-2mm tall, growing on wood in old growth forest.

Stem - Black, lightening to brown near base. Usually ≈ ⅓ of total sporocarp height.

Peridial Net - Nodes variable, flat, made of orange granules.

Cup - ⅓ - >¼ of total sporotheca height, with granule-filled longitudinal lines.

Spores - Yellow in mass. ≈6um, minutely warted.

@tyson_ehlers @ryan_durand @pamjanszen Ran through Poulain, got to C. vulgaris. I couldn't spot any transverse wrinkles, but at the same time Poulain makes it seem like that's not really necessary for the ID. I know Cribraria are tricky, so generally here I'm being hesitant. Thanks.

Stalk - ≈1mm, vibrant wine red, sometimes splitting into 2, filled with cysts.

Calyculus - ≈0.5mm deep funnel, lighter wine red than stalk, inner surface covered with papillae connected by ridges, edge torn.

Capillitium - Red, elastic, attached loosely to calyculus, seemingly primarily but not exclusively at the base. Ornamented with partial rings, full rings and some warts. ≈3-4.5um in diameter (without ornamentation).

Spores - ≈6um, ornamentation not visible at 400x (as far as I went).

@pamjanszen @ryan_durand @tyson_ehlers Narrowed it down to either A. affinis or A. helvetica. Thinking A. affinis is a better fit for quite a few reasons, but I'm still uncertain. Thanks.

@tyson_ehlers @ryan_durand @pamjanszen What do I need to do to ID this one? Given H. decipiens was T. decipiens in the Poulain book, I'm not sure those keys would really work. I just realized that characteristics I thought distinct to H. decipiens are shared by other Hemitrichia, so I'm not sure where to go from here. Thanks.

@tyson_ehlers @pamjanszen @ryan_durand Matched very well with T. sordida, and I don't see what else it could be. I was able to find one spot in the elaters where the end seemed to branch into two; I outlined it in one photo. Thanks.

Ignore the mangled measurement bar in the first photo, that was settings mistake.

Sporocarps - Sessile, ≈0.7-1mm, growing on bark.

Peridium - Bright orange, brittle, calcareous, seems thick.

Capillitium - White, overall quite irregular. Nodes: yellow, elongated, made of granules.

Spores - Dark brown in mass, brown in transmitted light, minutely warted. I'd guess within the range of 7-10um.

@tyson_ehlers @ryan_durand @pamjanszen Feeling pretty good about my ID. P. lateritium doesn't seem to match as well given sporocarp size, peridium, and nodes. P. rubiginosum also just seems more likely.