Scutellinia minor (Velen.) Svrček
(Least Eyelash)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScutellinia minor (Least Eyelash)
GenusScutellinia (eyelash fungi)
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 Scutellinia minor (Least Eyelash) :
1: Scutellinia minor (Least Eyelash) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
17 Oct 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on fen peat
Image 1: Apothecia - in situ - side viewImage 2: Apothecia - in situ - top viewImage 3: Apothecia - top viewImage 4: Apothecium - outer surface - close-upImage 5: Apothecium - outer surface - close-up (2)Image 6: Apothecium - section - close-upImage 7: Apothecium - side view - close-upImage 8: Apothecium - top view - close-upImage 9: Apothecium - top view - close-up (2)Image 10: Apothecial hairsImage 11: Apothecial hairs (2)Image 12: Apothecial hairs - basesImage 13: Apothecial hairs - bases (2)Image 14: Apothecial hairs - tipsImage 15: Asci and paraphysesImage 16: Asci and paraphyses (2)Image 17: Asci and paraphyses (3)Image 18: Asci and paraphyses in squash prepImage 19: AscusImage 20: Ascus (2)Image 21: Paraphyses and asciImage 22: Paraphyses and asci (2)Image 23: Paraphyses and ascus tipsImage 24: Paraphysis tipsImage 25: Paraphysis tips (2)
2: Scutellinia minor (Least Eyelash) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
16 May 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on soil among plants
Image 1: ApotheciaImage 2: Apothecium - side viewImage 3: Apothecium - side view (2)Image 4: Apothecium - top viewImage 5: Apothecium - undersideImage 6: Apothecium - underside (2)Image 7: Apothecial hairImage 8: Apothecial hair - close-upImage 9: Apothecial hairsImage 10: AscosporeImage 11: Ascospore - optical sectionImage 12: Ascospores in ascusImage 13: Ascospores in ascus (2)Image 14: Ascospores in ascus (3)Image 15: Ascospore - surface viewImage 16: Paraphysis tips

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dougoud, R. & Ruiz-Badanelli, V. 2010 Sur deux espèces du genre Scutellinia, sous-genre Legalia T. Schumach., Scutellinia minor et S. mirabilis Ascomycete.org Vol 2(1): 25-31.

Scutellinia minor (Least Eyelash) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scutellinia minor (Least Eyelash)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Scutellinia minor (Least Eyelash)

A small bright red discomycete found on moist calcareous soils in summer and autumn.

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