 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Pezizales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Ascobolus reticulatus | |||
| Author： |
Ascobolus reticulatus Brumm., Persoonia Suppl. 1: 153. 1967. |
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| Description： |
Apothecia disc-like, white first becoming pale yellow, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, roughened by the protruding asci. Receptacle pale brown, bottom with numerous entangled hyphae, about 3 μm wide. Excipular layer 25-37.5 μm thick, composed of hyphae and globose cells, 5-7.5 μm diam. Medullary excipulum layer 50-75 μm thick, of textura angularis, cells 5-12.5 μm diam. Marginal cells elongated, apex expanded to 10-12.5 μm wide, Hymenium 135-162 μm thick. Asci 8-spored, broadly clavate, 127-154 × 27-34 μm, walls not turning blue in Melzer’s reagent. Ascosproes biseriate, broadly ellipsoid, 15-20 × 12-15 μm, hyaline when young, pale brown at maturity, covered with irregular reticulation, with a shrunken sheath when freshly released, sometimes with a de Bary bubble when dry. Paraphyses filiform, 2-3 μm wide, tips expanded to 5-10 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Fujian. Kinmen: Chinmen National Park, on deer dung, 1 June 1994, Y.Z. Wang 9452 (TNM F2495). |
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| Habitat： |
Coprophilous. On dung of deer and giraffe. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan and Germany. |
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| References： |
Brummelen, J. 1967; Wang, YZ. 1996. |
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| Provided： |
Y. Z. Wang |
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| Note： |
This is a rare species. It is characterized by a dark brown reticulation on the hyaline ascospores. | |||