 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Pezizales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Ascobolus furfuraceus | |||
| Author： |
Ascobolus furfuraceus Pers: Fr., Sys. Mycol. 2: 163. 1822. |
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| Description： |
Apothecia scattered or gregarious, disc-like, sessile, 2-5 mm wide, 0.5-1.0 mm high, disc yellow then brownish, dotted with the protruding tips of ripe asci, receptacle yellowish brown, furfuraceous, margins slightly raised. Excipulum of a textura globulosa. Asci 8-spored, clavate, 153-175 × 22-27.5 μm, walls turning blue in Melzer’s reagent. Ascospores ellipsoid, 19-24 × 10-12 μm, brown to purplish brown, ornamented with 6-8 longitudinal striations, occasionally anastomosing. Paraphyses filiform, simple or branched and swollen in the middle, 2-10 μm, embedded in yellowish mucus. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan. Taoyuan: Puhsin, on horse dung, 5 Feb. 1993, Y.Z. Wang 9312 (TNM F0707). |
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| Habitat： |
Coprophilous. On dung of cow, horse, deer, goat, yak, bear, pig, fox, rabbit, and hare, on manured soil, and on rotten stems of cabbage. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Brummelen, J. 1967; Paulsen, MD and Dissing, H. 1977. |
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| Provided： |
Y. Z. Wang |
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| Note： |
Brummelen (1967) stated that this species is very common and extremely variable, and Paulsen & Dissing (1979) also mentioned that it is the most common Ascobolus species in Denmark. However, it is rarely seen in Taiwan. | |||