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Scutellinia (Cooke) Lambotte, 1887 (eyelash fungi)

Notes (MWS) A group of taxonomically very difficult bright red discomycetes with "eye-lash" hairs around the margin.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Scutellinia Fruitbody 2 October 1997 Berks England 3
Scutellinia Fruitbody 12 July 1997 Berks England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #webs
Species Scutellinia crucipila (Cooke & W. Phillips) J. Moravec, 1984 (a discomycete)       1
Species Scutellinia minor (Velen.) Svrcek, 1971 (a discomycete) 2 16 28  
Species Scutellinia paludicola (Boud.) Le Gal, 1966 (a discomycete)       2
Species Scutellinia scutellata (L.) Lambotte, 1887 (Common Eyelash) 10 24 47 5
Species Scutellinia superba (Velen.) Le Gal, 1964 (a discomycete)   4 20  
Species Scutellinia trechispora (Berk. & Broome) Lambotte, 1887 (a discomycete)       2

Suggested Literature

Scutellinia may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore-shooters)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)
PEZIZALES
(an order of cup fungi and discomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Scutellinia:

Scutellinia may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
ASCOMYCETES
(spore shooters)

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