Sordariomycetes

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (DC.) Nitschke 1867 Slo.: not found in ref.:(2)Date: March 29. 2009Lat.: 46.29983 Long.: 13.49883Code: Bot_251/2009-6407Habitat: Partly overgrown scree and rock slopes at the foot of steep mountain side, SW exposed, calcareous ground, light and warm place, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, medium air humidity, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: About 2 cm (4/5 inch) diameter dead and partly rotten, yet still in bark, branch of a deciduous tree or bush laying on ground, probably Fagus sylvatica or Coryllus avellanaPlace: SW slopes of Mt. Polovnik ridge, left bank of river Soca, downstream of village Log Cezsoski, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: A characteristic thin flat gray-brown stoma with 10-20 projecting thick finely furrowed perithecial beaks in irregularly cespitose groups (1). No microscopic investigations done.Ref.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Verlag Mykologia (1984), pp 290 (2) A.Poler, ed., Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Check list of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycological Societies of Slovenia, second edition, (1998)

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (DC.) Nitschke 1867 Slo.: not found in ref.:(2)Date: March 29. 2009Lat.: 46.29983 Long.: 13.49883Code: Bot_251/2009-6407Habitat: Partly overgrown scree and rock slopes at the foot of steep mountain side, SW exposed, calcareous ground, light and warm place, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, medium air humidity, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: About 2 cm (4/5 inch) diameter dead and partly rotten, yet still in bark, branch of a deciduous tree or bush laying on ground, probably Fagus sylvatica or Coryllus avellanaPlace: SW slopes of Mt. Polovnik ridge, left bank of river Soca, downstream of village Log Cezsoski, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: A characteristic thin flat gray-brown stoma with 10-20 projecting thick finely furrowed perithecial beaks in irregularly cespitose groups (1). No microscopic investigations done.Ref.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Verlag Mykologia (1984), pp 290 (2) A.Poler, ed., Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Check list of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycological Societies of Slovenia, second edition, (1998)

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (DC.) Nitschke 1867 Slo.: not found in ref.:(2)Date: March 29. 2009Lat.: 46.29983 Long.: 13.49883Code: Bot_251/2009-6407Habitat: Partly overgrown scree and rock slopes at the foot of steep mountain side, SW exposed, calcareous ground, light and warm place, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, medium air humidity, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: About 2 cm (4/5 inch) diameter dead and partly rotten, yet still in bark, branch of a deciduous tree or bush laying on ground, probably Fagus sylvatica or Coryllus avellanaPlace: SW slopes of Mt. Polovnik ridge, left bank of river Soca, downstream of village Log Cezsoski, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: A characteristic thin flat gray-brown stoma with 10-20 projecting thick finely furrowed perithecial beaks in irregularly cespitose groups (1). No microscopic investigations done.Ref.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Verlag Mykologia (1984), pp 290 (2) A.Poler, ed., Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Check list of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycological Societies of Slovenia, second edition, (1998)

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (DC.) Nitschke 1867 Slo.: not found in ref.:(2)Date: March 29. 2009Lat.: 46.29983 Long.: 13.49883Code: Bot_251/2009-6407Habitat: Partly overgrown scree and rock slopes at the foot of steep mountain side, SW exposed, calcareous ground, light and warm place, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, medium air humidity, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: About 2 cm (4/5 inch) diameter dead and partly rotten, yet still in bark, branch of a deciduous tree or bush laying on ground, probably Fagus sylvatica or Coryllus avellanaPlace: SW slopes of Mt. Polovnik ridge, left bank of river Soca, downstream of village Log Cezsoski, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: A characteristic thin flat gray-brown stoma with 10-20 projecting thick finely furrowed perithecial beaks in irregularly cespitose groups (1). No microscopic investigations done.Ref.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Verlag Mykologia (1984), pp 290 (2) A.Poler, ed., Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Check list of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycological Societies of Slovenia, second edition, (1998)

Anthostoma decipiens (de Cand. ex Fr.) Nke.DE: Geschnbelter KugelpilzSlo.: no nameDat.: March 6. 2011Lat.: 46.31774 Long.: 13.49219Code: Bot_491/2011_DSC6610Habitat: former pastures, now overgrown with bushes (Corylus avellana dominant) and scattered Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica, Ostrya carpinifolia and Fraxinus ornus; almost flat terrain; calcareous ground; half shade; relatively warm place; exposed to direct rain; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: rotten branch of Corylus avellana lying on ground, still in bark.Place: Bovec basin, between Bovec and village aga, right bank of river Soa and right bank of Boka stream, west of the left trail to Boka waterfall viewpoint, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC. Comments: Anthostoma decipiens really deserves it species name (decipiens = deceiving). When I found it I was sure I found Cryptospora corylina. Habitus, habitat and all macroscopic features described in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.: 1) fit well to the observation. Also the picture of Cryptospora published there was like my own. But when I looked through the microscope spores were a real surprise. Instead to be very long (50 - 85 microns) and filiform they were short, cylindrical, allantoid 'sausages'. Many Diatrypaceae are macroscopically deceivingly similar. Microscopy revealed Anthostoma decipiens. Substrate is correct. Perithecia are of proper dimensions, of caespitose growth (growing in dense tufts) of 10 or more fruitbodies packed into a pale ochre-brown stoma protruding through the bark and ending with black furrowed perithecial ostioles. Asci are irregularly biseriate, with long apical ring. No paraphyses were seen, which fits to observation in Breitenbach (1984) (Ref.:1.). Spores fit somewhere in between widely different data from Ref.:1. and Ref.:2. Since spores were obtained from crashed perithecia, many of them were eventually not mature. Therefore a second measurement was done taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature). Also asci dimensions given in literature differ significantly. I know no explanation of these differences.Spores smooth, allantoid, cylindrical. Dimensions of the first measurement taking into account all spores. 6.5 [7.3 ; 7.6] 8.4 x 2.1 [2.4 ; 2.5] 2.9 microns; Q = 2.5 [2.9 ; 3.1] 3.5; N = 40; C = 95%; Me = 7.5 x 2.5 microns; Qe = 3. Second measurement taking into account only larges spores (assumed to be mature) gave following result: 7,1 [8,2 ; 8,7] 9,8 x 1,9 [2,3 ; 2,5] 3 microns; Q = 2,8 [3,4 ; 3,7] 4,3; N = 31; C = 95%; Me = 8,5 x 2,4 microns; Qe = 3,5. Asci dimensions: 46.3 [57.4 ; 65.9] 77.1 x 5.5 [6.1 ; 6.6] 7.2 microns; Q = 7.9 [9.2 ; 10.2] 11.5; N = 13; C = 95%; Me = 61.7 x 6.4 microns ; Qe = 9.7 (Ref.:1. gives 60-80 x 5.5-7.5 microns, Ref.: 2. gives 35-60/4-5 microns). Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water, in vivo. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 290.(2) www.sipav.org/main/jpp/volumes/0310/031007.pdf (3) agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500224751

Anthostoma decipiens (DC.) Nitschke 1867 Slo.: not found in ref.:(2)Date: March 29. 2009Lat.: 46.29983 Long.: 13.49883Code: Bot_251/2009-6407Habitat: Partly overgrown scree and rock slopes at the foot of steep mountain side, SW exposed, calcareous ground, light and warm place, full sun, fully exposed to precipitations, medium air humidity, precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 440 m (1.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: About 2 cm (4/5 inch) diameter dead and partly rotten, yet still in bark, branch of a deciduous tree or bush laying on ground, probably Fagus sylvatica or Coryllus avellanaPlace: SW slopes of Mt. Polovnik ridge, left bank of river Soca, downstream of village Log Cezsoski, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComments: A characteristic thin flat gray-brown stoma with 10-20 projecting thick finely furrowed perithecial beaks in irregularly cespitose groups (1). No microscopic investigations done.Ref.:(1) J.Breitenbach, F.Kraenzlin, eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Verlag Mykologia (1984), pp 290 (2) A.Poler, ed., Seznam Gliv Slovenije (Check list of Fungi of Slovenia), Association of Mycological Societies of Slovenia, second edition, (1998)

Nectria peziza (Tode) Fr., syn.: Sphaeria peziza Tode, Neuronectria peziza (Tode) MunkSlo.: vrsta bradavikeDat.: Oct.22. 2011Lat.: 46.34859 Long.: 13.67895Code: Bot_563/2011_DSC0378Habitat: Mixed wood, dominant Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Pinus sp., Larix decidua, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus; moderately inclined mountain slope, south aspect, calcareous bedrock; rather dry and warm place, partly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 890 m (2.900 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead trunk of a large Fagus sylvatica in its last stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, settlement Lemovlje, above the trail from the settlement to TV repeater, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing in large colony with hundreds of fruitbodies. No microscopy done.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org ) (6) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Hb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 116.

Nectria pezizaTrama.Dat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )

Horsell Common , Surrey. TQ011609

Nectria pezizaDat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )

Nectria pezizaPerithecia.Dat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )

Nectria peziza (Tode) Fr., syn.: Sphaeria peziza Tode, Neuronectria peziza (Tode) MunkSlo.: vrsta bradavikeDat.: Oct.22. 2011Lat.: 46.34859 Long.: 13.67895Code: Bot_563/2011_DSC0378Habitat: Mixed wood, dominant Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Pinus sp., Larix decidua, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus; moderately inclined mountain slope, south aspect, calcareous bedrock; rather dry and warm place, partly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 890 m (2.900 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead trunk of a large Fagus sylvatica in its last stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, settlement Lemovlje, above the trail from the settlement to TV repeater, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing in large colony with hundreds of fruitbodies. No microscopy done.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org ) (6) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Hb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 116.

Nectria peziza (Tode) Fr., syn.: Sphaeria peziza Tode, Neuronectria peziza (Tode) MunkSlo.: vrsta bradavikeDat.: Oct.22. 2011Lat.: 46.34859 Long.: 13.67895Code: Bot_563/2011_DSC0378Habitat: Mixed wood, dominant Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Pinus sp., Larix decidua, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus; moderately inclined mountain slope, south aspect, calcareous bedrock; rather dry and warm place, partly in shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 5-7 deg C, elevation 890 m (2.900 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: dead trunk of a large Fagus sylvatica in its last stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, settlement Lemovlje, above the trail from the settlement to TV repeater, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comments: Growing in large colony with hundreds of fruitbodies. No microscopy done.Ref.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org ) (6) L. Hagar, Ottova Encyklopedia Hb, Ottova Nakladatelstvi, Praha (2015) (in Slovakian), p 116.

Nectria pezizaDat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )

Nectria pezizaDat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )

Nectria pezizaDat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )

Nectria pezizaDat.: Sept. 20. 2013Lat.: 46.35979 Long.: 13.70464Code: Bot_751/2013_DSC7977Habitat: Path side surrounded by pastures and mixed wood, near a farm house, locally flat terrain on southeast oriented mountain slope, open place, half sunny, mixed overgrown old scree and alluvial deposits, calcareous ground, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 560 m (1.850 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: old, debarked, hollow stump of a cut down Juglans regia in its final stage of disintegration.Place: Lower Trenta valley, near abandoned farm house Skokar, Trenta 2, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: First I thought this is a myxomicete, however, microscope immediately revealed that it belongs to ascomycetes. Two species (within the scope of the literature available to me) Nectria peziza and Nectria coccinea were the closest candidates. Based on fruit body size, ostioles and oil drops N. peziza seems a better fit. Fruit body diameter: 0.39 (SD = 0.04) mm, n = 15 (in Ref.: (2) two observations cited: 0.34 mm and 0.3 to 0.5 mm). Ostioles clearly visible. Spores are septated and not warty. When observed slightly out of focus, longitudinal groves are barely visible on some (with my equipment), very slightly constricted, always with two large oil drops. Dimensions of free spores: 11.9(SD = 0.3) x 6.0 (SD = 0.14) , Q= 2.00 (SD = 0.14), n= 15. Dimensions of spores measured within asci: 11.7 (SD = 0.9) x 6.2 (SD = 0.5) , Q = 1.91 (SD = 0.24), n = 20, (data from Ref.: (2): 11.9 (SD = 1.1) x 5.9 (SD = 0.5) , n = 7). Asci dimensions: 88.1 (SD = 10.3) x 9.6 (SD = 1.0) , n = 9, (data from Ref.: (2): 70 - 90/7-9 ; in Ref.:(1) = 60 - 80/7-10 ). Olympus CH20 NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil (pictures of spores, apical ring), NEA 40x/0.65, magnification 400x (asci, trama), Bausch & Lomb 4x/0.10, magnification 40x (perithecia), in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.1. Ascomycetes, Verlag Mykologia (1984), p 260.(2) H.O. Baral & O. Baral, G. Marson, In vivo veritas, Hypocreales, 2xCD, 2nd edition (2003)(3) www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6524~gid...(4) F. J. Seaver, Notes on North American Hypocreales-II. Nectria Peziza, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, p203. (available at www.jstor.org/stable/2479115?seq=3 ) (5) T. Matsushima, Icones Microfungorum a Matsushima lectorum(1975), p179 (available at www.mycobank.org )