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A new growth. This time one of the galls had the basidia. Micro is coming. Inside an abandoned convent.
What an incredible fungus this one is. I have observed it for several months now. On 5/20 I found two new fertile galls. As I have seen its development on other specimens, the basidia first form a scattered layer of them on the gall but eventually, it becomes completely white, covered with a dense layer of packed basidia. I examined it soon to make sure it wasn't a fungal infection. This sample is going to a mycologist in Hamburg which will try to culture it. This one was found inside a roofless room in an abandoned convent. It only grows on Laurus nobilis. I forgot to say that spores initially develop one septa but eventually they develop more. At each septa, the cells stretch making it look like an accordion. The spores also develop abundant conidia which look like mini versions of the original spores. Although basidia are 4-spored, one basidium was seen 6-spored.

High up on a tree, out of reach and underneath the branch. Hard to photograph. I managed to get a sample. The galls have a whitish aspect which is given by the naked basidia. It is growing on a branch that is already infected close to its base. In this room with a collapsed roof, there are four galls developing on three stems. Abandoned convent. Micro is coming soon.