Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Ascomycetes >> Order: Helotiales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Mollisia cf. melaleuca | |||
Author: | Mollisia cf. melaleuca (Fr.) Sacc., Sylloge Fungorum 8: 337. 1889. |
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Description: | Apothecia gregarious, sessile, saucer-shaped, outline often irregular, 1-3 mm. Disc whitish, blackish-brown on receptacle. Asci hyaline, (39.2-)44.1-48.0(-53.9) × (3.9-)4.9-5.4(-5.9) μm, cylindric-clavate, J+, 8-spored, uniseriate. Ascospores hyaline, (5.4-)5.9-7.1(-7.4) × 1.9-2.0(-2.1) μm, narrowly elliptical, obtuse on apex, non-septate. Ectal excipulum composed of textura globulosa. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Yilan: Fushan Botanical Garden along the forest trail to water resource’s area, alt. 650m, 21 Jan. 1999, Wu990121-T1 (TMTC). |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous. On decayed wood of unidentified dictyledonous trees. | |||
Distribution: | Europe, North American, China and Taiwan. |
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References: | Wu, ML and Wang, YZ. 2000; Dennis, 1981 |
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Provided: | M. L. Wu |
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Note: | The Taiwan sample has smaller asci and ascospores than the species reported from Dennis (1981). Therefore it is referred here with some reservation. | |||