 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Pezizales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Saccobolus infestans | |||
| Author： |
Saccobolus infestans (Batista & Pontual) Brumm., Persoonia Suppl. 1: 204. 1967. |
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| Description： |
Apothecia white, margin not differentiated, 150-350 μm wide. Excipulum of textura globulosa, cells 4-8 μm diam., layer 60-65 μm thick. Asci broadly clavate, 52-80 × 13-16 μm, walls turning blue in Melzer’s reagent. Spore clusters arranged in two rows, 22-24 × 10-11 μm, with a unilateral gelatinous sheath. Ascospores ellipsoid, with rounded ends, smooth, dark purplish brown, 10-11 × 5-6 μm. Paraphyses slightly curved, 2-5 μm wide. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taoyuan: Puhsin, on horse dung, 12 Feb. 1993, Y.Z. Wang 93017 (TNM F0711, F0712). |
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| Habitat： |
Coprophilous. On dung of horse and donkey. | |||
| Distribution： |
Pantropical to subtropical. |
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| References： |
Brummelen, J. 1967; Wang, YZ. 1995. |
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| Provided： |
Y. Z. Wang |
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| Note： |
This species is recognized by its special ascospore arrangement. Brummelen (1967) described the papraphyses contents as being olive, but the paraphyses of this collection have white yellowish contents. | |||