Anthracobia melaloma (Alb. & Schwein.) Arnould
(Charcoal Eyelash)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash)
GenusAnthracobia (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash) :
1: Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash)
6 Apr 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
on fire site
Image 1: ApotheciaImage 2: ColonyImage 3: Apothecia - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 6: Apothecia - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Apothecia - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Apothecial hairs in Melser\'s Iodine - magnifiedImage 9: Apothecial hairs - magnifiedImage 10: Apothecial hairs - magnified (2)Image 11: Apothecial hairs - magnified (3)Image 12: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 13: Asci with ascospores and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 14: Ascospores in asci - magnifiedImage 15: Ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 16: Ascospores - highly magnified (2)Image 17: Paraphyses - magnified
2: Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash)
25 Nov 2004 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on fire site
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: In situ - the smaller, darker fruitbodies to the right are collection: 25 Nov 04Image 3: In situ - the smaller, darker fruitbodies to the right are collection: 25 Nov 04 (2)Image 4: In situ - the smaller, darker fruitbodies to the right are collection: 25 Nov 04 (3)Image 5: Apothecia - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Apothecia - highly enlargedImage 7: Apothecia - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Agglutinated apothecial hairs - magnifiedImage 9: Agglutinated apothecial hairs - magnified (2)Image 10: Agglutinated apothecial hairs - magnified (3)Image 11: Agglutinated apothecial hairs - magnified (4)Image 12: Agglutinated marginal hairs - magnifiedImage 13: Apothecial hairs - magnifiedImage 14: Apothecial hairs - magnified (2)Image 15: Apothecial hairs - magnified (3)Image 16: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 17: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnification
3: Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash)
25 Nov 2004 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on fire site
Image 1: In situ - the larger, paler fruitbodies to the right are collection: 25 Nov 04 [Image 2: In situ - the larger, paler fruitbodies to the right are collection: 25 Nov 04 [ (2)Image 3: In situ - the larger, paler fruitbodies to the right are collection: 25 Nov 04 [ (3)Image 4: Apothecia - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 6: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 7: Apothecia - highly enlargedImage 8: Apothecia - highly enlarged (2)Image 9: Apothecia - highly enlarged (3)Image 10: Apothecia - highly enlarged (4)Image 11: Agglutinated apothecial hairs - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Agglutinated apothecial hairs - microscope low magnification (2)Image 13: Apothecial hairs - magnifiedImage 14: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 15: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (2)Image 16: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (3)
4: Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash)
26 May 1974 OSGR: SE21 53° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63) England
on bonfire site
Image 1: Apothecia - in situ - enlarged
5: Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash)
25 May 1974 OSGR: SE21 53° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South-west Yorks (VC 63) England
on bonfire site
Image 1: In situ

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Yao, Y.-J. & Spooner, B.M. 1996 Profiles of Fungi No. 76: Anthracobia melaloma (Alb. & Schwein.: Fr.) Arnould Mycologist Vol 10 (1): 37-38.

Anthracobia melaloma (Charcoal Eyelash) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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