Apothecia solitary or gregarious, pale yellow, small, 125-300 μm wide, smooth, margin not differentiated. Excipulum composed of textura globulosa, layer 250-300 μm thick, cells 7.5-10 μm. Asci broadly clavate, 63-87 × 15-22 μm, walls turning blue in Melzer’s reagent. Spore clusters arranged as pattern I according to Brummelen (1967), 34-39 × 12-14 μm, with thick gelatinous sheath. Ascospores ellipsoid, violet to brownish purple, smooth or finely granulate, 14-16 × 6-8 μm. Paraphyses filiform, tips filled with yellow pigments, slightly expanded to 3-5 μm wide
Specimens：
Hualien: Yuli, on goat dung, 3 Aug. 1992, Y.Z. Wang 9281 (TNM F0670). Yilan: Fushan Botanical Garden, on muntjac dung, 29 Oct. 1996, Y.Z. Wang 9645 (TNM F5305). Nantou: Sunlinsea, on deer dung, 5 Dec. 1992, Y.Z. Wang 92134 (TNM F0694). Penghu: Huhsi, on goat dung, 1 Aug. 1993, Y.Z. Wang 93087 (TNM F1015). Pingtung: Nanjenshan, on goat dung, 17 Nov. 1997, Y.Z. Wang 9723 (TNM F7959).
Habitat：
Coprophilous. On dung of cow, deer, goat, sheep, burro, and muskrat.
Distribution：
Cosmopolitan.
References：
Brummelen, J. 1967; Liou, CS and Chen, ZC. 1977.
Provided：
Y. Z. Wang
Note：
This species is characterized by yellow apothecia and small ascospores. It is occasionally confused with S. depauperatus because of the small ascospores.
Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Pezizales 
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