Dalgety Bay Laboulbenia sp.

Found on the elytrae of a carabid beetle (as yet unidentified) was this lovely member of the Laboulbeniales (as yet unidentified). It may be Laboulbenia vulgaris.

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Costantinella terrestris, Dalgety Bay

Costantinella terrestris
Dalgety Bay, Donibristle Wood
NT1683
11/02/2018
Fallen branch

Hysterium angustatum, Dalgety Bay, Donibristle Wood, 11/02/2018

Hysterium angustatum
Dalgety Bay, Donibristle Wood
NT1683
11/02/2018
on Horse Chestnut

Cryptosphaeria eunomia, Dalgety Bay

Species: Cryptosphaeria eunomia
Loc: Dalgety Bay, Ross Plantation
Grid: NT1683
Date: 31/01/2018
Substrate: sodden Ash branch on ground

shaved surface

asci/spores

E&E

stroma

Botryobasidium aureum

Botryobasidium aureum
Dalgety Bay, Crow Hill Wood
30/01/2018
Rotten log underside

habitus

conidia

E&E

glistening chains of conidia

glistening chains of conidia 2

Cryptocoryneum condensatum, Dalgety Bay

Cryptocoryneum condensatum
Dalgety Bay, Ross Plantation
NT1683
27/01/2018

Stegonosporium pyriforme, Dalgety Bay

A coelomycete that likes Acers, growing on bark of trunk or branches.

Roadside tree

Stegonosporium on the trunk

massed conidia

E&E description

E&E figure

sheathing of conidia not illustrated