Peziza ampliata Pers., (a cup fungus)


15 Mar 2017 at OSGR: SU00 in Dorset, England

Record Summaryapothecia on old fire-ste
Found asFruitbody
Date15 March 2017
OS grid refOSGR: SU00
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes:

Asci: 8-spored, apex blue in Melzer’s Iodine.

Ascospores: smooth, ellipsoid, with a single central, oil drop, 19-22/10-13.5µm.

Paraphyses: with brownish granular contents, ends clavate-swollen to irregularly clubbed.

Apothecium, in section, with brown line below hymenium, but not obviously stratified.

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