Scutellinia superba (Velen.) Le Gal, (a discomycete)


17 Oct 2000 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon fen peat
Found asFruitbody
Date17 October 2000
Habitat featurefen peat
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher17 Oct 2000[N]
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Notes:

Apothecia: 3.5mm diam, solitary.

Hymenium: non-dimpled, slightly rough with protruding asci.

Excipular hairs: short, 0-9-septate, often rooting, <335µm, tips pale.

Unseptate hairs often have another hair within.

Ascospores: ellipsoid, with rounded warts, 18-24/13-16.7µm, filled with droplets.

Paraphyses: orange, clubbed, 10-13(15)µm at apex.

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