 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Pezizales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Ascodesmis macrospora | |||
| Author： |
Ascodesmis macrospora Obrist, Can. J. Bot. 39: 95. 1961. |
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| Description： |
Apothecia gregarious, minute, without excipulum, formed by asci and paraphyses, 150-250 μm wide, dark brown. Asci broadly clavate, 60-100 × 32-36 μm. Ascospores broadly ellipsoid, with irregular striations, hyaline to pale brown, without ornamentation, 16-18 × 12-15 μm; 19-21 × 14-18 μm including ornamentation, surrounded by a perisporium. Pararphyses filiform, with granules, expanded at tips, 4-6 μm wide. | |||
| Specimens： |
Kaohsiung: Fengshan, on goat dung, 5 Mar. 1993, Y.Z. Wang 93035 (TNM F0722). |
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| Habitat： |
Coprophilous. On dung of cow, crocodile, puma, and goat. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Brummelen, J. 1981; Wang, YZ. 1995. |
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| Provided： |
Y. Z. Wang |
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| Note： |
This species is characterized by the large reticulate ascospores. It differs from A. microspcopica (Crouan) Le Gal mainly by the larger ascospores (Brummelen 1981). | |||