Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Helotiales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Hymenoscyphus caudatus | |||
Author: | Basionym: Peziza caudata P. Karst., Karsten, Fungi Fenn. Exs. 547. 1866. Hymenoscyphus caudatus (Karst.) Dennis, Persoonia 3: 76. 1964. |
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Description: | Apothecia 1.0-1.2 mm, growing singly or gregariously on substrate. Disc flat or concave, yellow when fresh, dark yellow when dried, stipitate. Stipe central, cylindrical. Asci clavate-cylindrical, (104-)109-120(-126) × (9.6-)10.4-14.4(-6.9) μm, conical at apex, J-, 8-spored, uniseriate or biseriate. Ascospores hyaline, (18.9-)19.5-25.2 × (4.1-)5.0-6.9 μm, fusiform, rounded at the proximal end, tapered toward the distal end, slightly curved, non-septate, with two big guttules. Paraphyses hyaline, obtuse at the apex, 1-1.5 μm in widest point, non-septate equal or exceeding to the asci. Subhymenium of interwoven hyphae. Ectal excipulum of textura porrecta. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Ilan: Fushan Botanical Garden along the forest trail to water resource’s area, alt 800m, 22 Feb. 1995, Wu950222-L1 (TMTC). |
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Habitat: | Foliicolous. On unidentified dicotyledonous leaves. | |||
Distribution: | Europe, Japan, North and South America and Taiwan. |
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References: | Wu, ML and Wang, YZ., 2000; Lizon, P., 1992. |
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Provided: | M. L. Wu |
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Note: | This species is with characteristics of ascospores rounded at the proximal end and tapered toward the distal end. It is a common species in Europe and America. However, it is not as common as the Lachnum species found in Taiwan. | |||