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Eutypella quaternata

Eutypella quaternata — 2025-09-27
Scientific identification
Eutypella quaternata (Pers.) Rappaz
Family
Diatrypaceae
Class
Sordariomycetes
Genus
Eutypella

Names across languages

  • German: Vierfrüchtige Quaternaria
  • Russian: Эутипелла четвероякая

The scientific profile

From the latest record: 2025-09-27.

Stroma / fruit body

Black, carbonaceous stromata, either crust-like patches or erumpent areas on bark of dead wood; often with a thin whitish entostroma below the surface.

Perithecia / ostioles

Perithecia immersed to slightly erumpent, with small black ostioles breaking through the stromal surface.

Hymenium Attachment

N/A (ascomycete)

Stipe

N/A

Spore print

Spore print: N/A

Ecology

Saprobic, primarily on dead or decaying hardwood branches, especially birch, alder, acer, occurs on dead bark

Edibility

Inedible / microscopic

Fruit body

Dimensions stromatal patches variable, perithecial ostioles ~ tens to hundreds of micrometers in diameter

Microscopy

Microscopic features:

Description

Asci: 8-spored asci

Description

Ascospores: Allantoid (curved) spores, hyaline, ~ 3 × 15-18 µm

Description

Stromatal structure: Stromata composed of ectostroma and entostroma, perithecia embedded within these layers

Overview

Wood-inhabiting ascomycete that forms black stromatal crusts on dead hardwood bark

1987). Mycol. Helv. 2(3): 502.

Field encounters

27/Sep/2025, 1:57 PM

Laiaküla raba, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti

Deciduous boggy forest, on the bark of dead hardwood branch, with visible yellowish remnants of its asexual phase 'Libertella faginea'

59°28'02.9"N 24°53'25.6"E

🌡️ 14°C 🌤️ Passing clouds 💨 Wind 0° N->S, 13 km/h

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