Geopora sumneriana (Cooke) M. Torre
(Cedar Cup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeopora sumneriana (Cedar Cup)
GenusGeopora (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 Geopora sumneriana (Cedar Cup) :
1: Geopora sumneriana (Cedar Cup)
29 Mar 2017 OSGR: SZ09 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
c. 17 fruitbodies on lawn and under hedge under Atlas Cedar
Image 1: Apothecium - half-opened - oblique viewImage 2: Apothecium - half-opened - oblique view (2)Image 3: Apothecium - half-opened - side viewImage 4: Apothecium - half-opened - top viewImage 5: Apothecium - oblique viewImage 6: Apothecium - oblique view (2)Image 7: Apothecium - section - black backgroundImage 8: Apothecium - side viewImage 9: Apothecium - side view (2)Image 10: Apothecium - top viewImage 11: Host tree - Atlas CedarImage 12: Apothecium - section - close-up - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 13: Apothecium - section - close-up - highly enlarged - black background (2)Image 14: Apothecium - section - close-up - highly magnified - black backgroundImage 15: Apothecium - section - close-up - highly magnified - black background (2)Image 16: Asci with ascospores - magnifiedImage 17: Ascospores in asci - magnifiedImage 18: Ascospores in asci - magnified (2)Image 19: Ascospores in asci - magnified (3)Image 20: Ascospores in asci - magnified (4)Image 21: Ascospores in asci - magnified (5)Image 22: Ascospores in asci - magnified (6)Image 23: Ascospores in asci - magnified (7)Image 24: Ascospores in asci - microscope low magnificationImage 25: Ascospores - magnifiedImage 26: Paraphyses and asci - magnifiedImage 27: Paraphyses and asci - magnified (2)Image 28: Paraphyses - magnifiedImage 29: Paraphyses - magnified (2)Image 30: Paraphyses - magnified (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1995 Vol 9 Part 2 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 9 (2): Rear cover.
Clark, M.C. 1984 Recording discomycetes in Worcestershire Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 18 (2): 121-125.
Zhang, B.-C. & Minter, D.W. 1988 Profiles of Fungi No. 15: Geopora sumneriana (Cooke) de la Torre Mycologist Vol 02 (4): 170.

Geopora sumneriana (Cedar Cup) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geopora sumneriana (Cedar Cup)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geopora sumneriana (Cedar Cup)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)