2008, W.J. 3216 (WU 29407). Wien-Umgebung, Mauerbach, close to the cemetery, MTB 7763/1, 48°15′16″ N 16°10′16″ E, elev. 340 m, on Phellinus ferruginosus/Carpinus betulus,

decorticated branch 9 cm thick, soc. Ophiostoma sp., Trichoderma cerinum, 10 Sep. 2005, W. Jaklitsch & O. Sükösd, W.J. 2851 (WU 29401). Oberösterreich, Schärding, St. Willibald, riverine forest Omipalisib ic50 near Aichet, MTB 7648/1, elev. 400 m, 48°21′17″ N 13°41′01″ E, on Phellinus sp. on a partly decorticated branch of Fraxinus excelsior 4–5 cm thick, on and around the polypore, 27 Aug. 2005, H. Voglmayr, W.J. 2830 (WU 29400). St. Willibald, Compound C purchase between Loitzmayr and Obererleinsbach am Erleinsbach, MTB 7648/3, 48°20′43″ N 13°43′3″ E, elev. 420 m, on Phellinus ferruginosus on a branch selleck chemicals llc of Fraxinus excelsior on the ground, 2 Sep. 2006, H. Voglmayr, W.J. 2966 (WU 29406). Vienna, 23rd district, Maurer Wald, MTB 7863/4, 48°09′00″ N 16°15′12″ E, elev. 330 m, on Phellinus

ferruginosus on a decorticated branch of Quercus cerris, 11 Oct. 2005, H. Voglmayr, W.J. 2862 (WU 29403). Same area, 48°08′53″ N 16°14′55″ E, elev. 340 m, on Phellinus ferruginosus/Quercus cerris, 11 Oct. 2005, H. Voglmayr, W.J. 2863 (WU 29404). Denmark, Sjælland, Strødam Reservatet, on Phellinus ferruginosus on Quercus sp., 27 Sep. 2009, T. Laessøe TL-13844 (WU 29537; part in C). Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt, Landkreis Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Staßfurt, in the Horst, a moist riverine forest by the river Bode, 51°51′24″ N 11°33′40″ E, elev. 70 m, on Phellinus ferruginosus on Quercus robur 2 cm thick, 22 Aug. 2006, H. Voglmayr & W. Jaklitsch, W.J. 2934 (WU 29405). Notes: Hypocrea phellinicola is characterised by its association with effused basidiomata of Phellinus, possibly being specific for Phellinus ferruginosus. Stromata of H. phellinicola exhibit a remarkable variability in shape, size and colour. Effuse stromata are reminiscent of H. austriaca, H. citrina, H. decipiens and H. sulphurea with colours usually closer to H. citrina or H. decipiens. None of these species has been found on Phellinus and all except H. decipiens have larger ascospores. Also species of the Brevicompactum clade such as H. auranteffusa, H. margaretensis

or H. rodmanii have larger ascospores and also differ in having green-conidial anamorphs. Small pulvinate stromata may be mistaken for H. moravica Chlormezanone when fresh, particularly if the Phellinus host is inconspicuous. However, stromata characteristically shrink to thin crusts upon drying. H. moravica, which has not been found on effuse species of Phellinus, differs by more pulvinate stromata, larger ascospores, and a pachybasium-like anamorph with subglobose to ellipsoidal green conidia. Yellow discoid stromata surrounded by a white subiculum are reminiscent of H. subalpina, which occurs on wood and bark of conifers, mostly at higher altitudes. Ascospores apparently die rapidly after harvest, showing usually 1–2 guttules per cell when the stroma is still fresh and soft.