Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Halosphaeriales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Lulworthia grandispora | |||
Author: | Lulworthia grandispora Meyers, Mycologia 4: 513. 1957. |
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Description: | Ascomata 155-290 μm high, 165-325 μm in diameter, solitary or gregarious, subglobose to pyriform, immersed or superficial, ostiolate, papillate, light brown to black. Necks 50-1300 × 25-40 μm, cylindrical, straight or curved, dark brown to black, sometimes two necks on one ascoma. Paraphyses absent. Asci eight-spored, elongate-fusiform, unitunicate, thin-walled, early deliquescing. Ascospores 400-570 × 4-6 μm (including apical chambers), filamentous, curved, hyaline, tapering at each end into an elongate, conical, apical chamber, 4-8 μm long, filled with mucus that is released through an apical pore. | |||
Specimens: | Taipei, Chuwei, 4 Jan. 1989, CW0104-22; Miaoli, Tunghsiao, 14, Jul. 1990, TS0714-22; Chiayi, Tungshih, 1 Nov. 1989, TH791101-22, TH1101-L1, 29, Apr. 1991, TH0429-22, 16 May 1992, TH0516-22; Taipei, Yenliao, 2 Aug. 1990, YL0802-22; Taipei, Homei, 2 Aug. 1990, HM0802-22. |
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Habitat: | Saprobic on fallen leaves and intertidal wood of mangrove, driftwood. | |||
Distribution: | Thailand; Brunei; Hawaii; Seychelles; Singapore; Taiwan. |
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References: | Meyers, SP., 1957; Hsieh, SY et al.,2002. |
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Provided: | S. Y. Hsieh |
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Note: | null | |||