Echinostelium arboreum
Sporocarps, isolated to gregarious, (100-)120(-150) µm high, stalked, when fresh, brilliant yellow (83. brill. Y); sporotheca globose, 40-50 µm in diam.Hypothallus inconspicuous.Stalk present, (55-)80(-110) µm long, (3-)4µm diam at the apex, arising from a arising from an expanded base, straight, tapering to the apex, translucent, under transmitted light brilliant yellow (83. brill. Y), filled, with granular material, up to 2/3, or more.Peridium persistent as fragments which cling to the tips of the capillitium and persisting bassally, when mature, as a collar, 8-12(-15) µm in diam.Capillitium scanty to well developed, showing some zonal differentiation, made of solid threads, scattered branched, dichotomous; peripherial capillitium no forming a net, with all or most of the ends free; internal capillitium rigid, without or hardly with anastomoses. Columella present, cylindrical, 19-30 µm long, under transmitted light yellowish white (92. y White).Spores free, in mass, yellowish white (92. y. White), under transmitted light hyaline or pale yellow (89. p. Y) or yellow, globose, (5-)6-9 µm in diam., minutely, roughened; spore ornamentation regularly, evenly distributed; spore wall of uniform thickness; spore-like body absent.
Echinostelium elechiston
Sporocarps, isolated to gregarious, (100-)120(-150) µm high, stalked, when fresh, brilliant yellow (83. brill. Y); sporotheca globose, 40-50 µm in diam.Hypothallus inconspicuous.Stalk present, (55-)80(-110) µm long, (3-)4µm diam at the apex, arising from a arising from an expanded base, straight, tapering to the apex, translucent, under transmitted light brilliant yellow (83. brill. Y), filled, with granular material, up to 2/3, or more.Peridium persistent as fragments which cling to the tips of the capillitium and persisting bassally, when mature, as a collar, 8-12(-15) µm in diam.Capillitium scanty to well developed, showing some zonal differentiation, made of solid threads, scattered branched, dichotomous; peripherial capillitium no forming a net, with all or most of the ends free; internal capillitium rigid, without or hardly with anastomoses. Columella present, cylindrical, 19-30 µm long, under transmitted light yellowish white (92. y White).Spores free, in mass, yellowish white (92. y. White), under transmitted light hyaline or pale yellow (89. p. Y) or yellow, globose, (5-)6-9 µm in diam., minutely, roughened; spore ornamentation regularly, evenly distributed; spore wall of uniform thickness; spore-like body absent.
On bark of living trees (Juniperus)