炭團菌屬

Longitude (deg): -1.6. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51° 20' N. Vice county name: North Wilts. Vice county no.: 7. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Associated species: Fagus sylvatica. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: Fruitbodies on fallen Beech twig. Detail to note: stained ascus tip - indicated (this one's in focus!). Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: highly magnified. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. DPI defaulting to 72.

A resupinate or effused fungus growing over a black stroma on wood in many parts of the world. Photo from near Iguazu, Argentina. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fungi/index.html