Cheilymenia raripila (W. Phillips) Dennis, (a discomycete)


12 Mar 2017 at OSGR: SY97 in Dorset, England

Record Summaryon old sheep dung
Found asFruitbody
Date12 March 2017
Associated organismOvis aries
OS grid refOSGR: SY97
Lat/Lon50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes:

Apothecial hairs 0-3 septate, unbranched at the base, 230-300(620)/15-37µm, walls up to 2µm thick.

Paraphyses: filamentous, 4-5µm diam., with granular orange contents, swollen into short clavate to lanceolate heads 7-5-12µm diam.

Asci: 8-spored, 187-207/25-30µm

Ascospores: smooth, ellipsoid, 27-30/15-16µm

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