Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Pezizales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Ascodesmis sphaerospora | |||
Author: | Ascodesmis sphaerospora Obrist, Can. J. Bot. 39: 948. 1961. Basionym: Ascodesmis microscopica (Crouan) Seaver, Mycologia 8: 3 1916. |
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Description: | Apothecia gregarious, minute, without excipulum, formed by asci and paraphyses, 100-250 μm wide, dark brown. Asci 8-spored, broadly clavate to saccate, 88-100 × 24-30 μm. Ascospores globose to subglobose, hyaline to pale brown, without ornamentation, 10-12 μm diam.; 12-14 μm including ornamentation, reticulate. Pararphyses filiform, expanded at tips, 3-6 μm wide. | |||
Specimens: | Yilan: Fushan Botanical Garden, on monkey dung, 11 Mar. 1997, Y.Z. Wang 9708 (TNM F5716). Kaohsiung: Fengshan, on goat dung, 5 Mar. 1993, Y.Z. Wang 93034 (TNM F0721). Nantou: Lienhuachih, on rabbit dung, 30 Jan. 1996, Y.Z. Wang 9615 (TNM F4472). Taichung: Kaomei, on goat dung, Mar. 18, 1994, Y.Z. Wang 9406 (TNM F1921). |
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Habitat: | Coprophilous. On dung of lion, tiger, jaguar, dog, raccoon, rabbit, elk, and giraffe, also isolated from soil. | |||
Distribution: | Cosmopolitan. |
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References: | Brummelen, J. 1981; Liou, CS and Chen, ZC. 1977. |
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Provided: | Y. Z. Wang |
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Note: | This species is distinguished by its globose or subglobose ascospores with a reticulate ornamentation. Ascodemis microscopica also has reticulate ascospores which are, however broadly ellipsoid with an irregular reticulation (Brummelen; 1981). | |||