Sphaerosporella brunnea (Alb. & Schwein.) Svrček & Kubička
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphaerosporella brunnea (a discomycete)
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 Sphaerosporella brunnea (a discomycete) :
1: Sphaerosporella brunnea (a discomycete)
19 Oct 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on 1 year old fire site, amongst Funaria hygrometrica
Image 1: ApotheciaImage 2: Apothecia - white backgroundImage 3: Apothecia - side view - enlargedImage 4: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 5: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (2)Image 6: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (3)Image 7: Asci with Image 8: Asci with Image 9: Asci with spores - magnifiedImage 10: Ascospores with de Bary bubbles - highly magnifiedImage 11: Ascus - magnifiedImage 12: Ascus tips - highly magnifiedImage 13: Ascus tips - highly magnified (2)Image 14: Ascus tip with spores - highly magnifiedImage 15: Marginal hairs - magnifiedImage 16: Marginal hairs - magnified (2)Image 17: Marginal hairs - magnified (3)Image 18: Marginal hiars - magnifiedImage 19: Paraphyses and asci - magnifiedImage 20: Paraphyses and asci - magnified (2)Image 21: Paraphyses - magnifiedImage 22: Paraphyses overtopping the asci - highly magnifiedImage 23: Paraphyses overtopping the asci - highly magnified (2)Image 24: Paraphysis tips and ascus - highly magnifiedImage 25: Paraphysis tips - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sanchez, S., Gomez, E., Martin, M., de Miguel, A.M., Urban, A. & Barriuso, J. 2014 Experiments on the life cycle and factors affecting reproduction of Sphaerosporella brunnea provide evidence for rapid asexual propagation by conidiospores and for homothallism in an ectomycorrhizal competitor of cultivated truffle species FungEcol Vol 08: 59-65.

Sphaerosporella brunnea (a discomycete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaerosporella brunnea (a discomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphaerosporella brunnea (a discomycete)
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