Merismodes anomala (Persoon) Singer, 1975

on broadleaved trees

Haarlemmermeer, Grote Weelde, 14.xii.2023 © Laurens van der Linde

detail

parasite

Fruiting bodies in large groups op dead wood, 0.5 mm, light brown, hairy and cup-shaped, strongly reminding of an apothecium. Basidia 5-6 x 18-30 µm, spores hyaline, 4 x 8-10 µm.

host plants

polyphagous

Alnus; Betula; Fagus; Fraxinus; Quercus.

synonyms

Cyphellopsis anomala (Persoon) Donk, 1931; Merismodes anomalus.

references

Dam & Dam (1989a), Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 67).