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red balls on decaying wood, 0,2 mm, 2015-10-29 > maybe Nectria sp.
Lennart Bendixen
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Posted on 08-11-2015 16:04
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Hello everyone,

who's got an idea, what this could be? Eggs?

About 0,1 to 0,2 mm.

Thanks a lot!

Lennart

2015-10-29, Northern Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, fallow land, on decaying wood in a wood pile
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Looks more like the fruiting bodies of a fungus. Maybe the sexual stage of a Nectria sp.
 
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That's a good hint - thank you, tristram!
 
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