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Tatraea macrospora
The stalked to almost sessile, discoid cups are up to 1 cm wide and up to 1 cm high on stalks with diameters of about 1 mm.Inner surface - ashy-grey to yellowish-brown; concave to nearly flat. Sterile outer surface: Same as fertile surface in color and in other aspects.
Wood substrate - Saprobic; gregariouson rotten wood; summer through autumn into winter.
Tatraea macrospora (Peck) Baral . Micro ID was done by by Dr G Gates Derivation of name: Macro means "large" or "long" and spora refers to a "seed (spore)." The ascospores of this species are quite long. Could possibly be a first find/documented for Tasmania = ) Good one for my 600th spotting too . = )
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Thanks , if i ever get this NBN business...i might even get more of my findings up oh and not get distracted by FB ,,,have so many more to add...but 600 is pretty cool =)
600 !! Congrats!
Congratulations Charlie ! Definitely a beautifully photographed specimen.
Genevieve Gates is adding this find into a paper she has been working on , i am very excited :)
...no records of this particular species in mainland Australia - pity !
Great shots Charlie. I might have found these but need to check records here again now that we've got such good pics. from you.