Coll. NV 2013.11.25 © N. Van Vooren

Coll. NV 2013.11.25 Microcharacters 10 µm © N. Van Vooren

Cheilymenia aurantiacorubra K.S. Thind & S.C. Kaushal, Indian Phytopath., 33 (3): 428 (1981).

Basionym Cheilymenia aurantiacorubra K.S. Thind & S.C. Kaushal, Indian Phytopath., 33 (3): 428 (1981).

Diagnosis Apothecia ad 0.5 mm diam. dense gregaria ad simul congesta in fragmentis ad 1 cm longis, sessilia, initio subglobosa, postea tenuiter cupulata, regularia, mollia, carnosa; superficies externa in basi rosea, aliter rubro-aurantiaco, pilosa; pili superficiales, exigui, ad 250 × 18 µm, pallido-brunnei, singuli, simplices, sparse septati, plerumque 1-3 septati, crassitunicati, tunica ad 1.5 µm crassa, apices subacuti ad obtusos, basis inflata, ad 20 µm lata; hymenium aurantiaco-rubrum; margo integer, fimbriatus pilis. Asci 200-250 (-286) × 13-16 µm, octosporati, cylindrici, apices obtusi, l-. Ascosporae 15-20 × 9-12 µm, ellipsoideae ad ovalo-ellipsoideae, uniseriatae, molles, perisporium relaxatur calefactum in acido lactico, eguttulatae. Paraphyses ad 3 µm latae infra, exigue latae supra (ad 4 µm) in apicibus, rectae, septatae. simplices vel ramosae infra, repletae granulis aurantiacis. Anatomia. Excipulum non differentiatum in ectale et medullare, ad 175 µm crassum, textura angularis, cellae ad 47 × 25 (-30) µm, pilis coopertae exterius (ut supra descriptis); hypothecium valde angustum, ad 25 µm crassum, textura intricata ex irregularibus hyphis brevi-cellatis, hyphae ad 7.25 µm latae. Substratum: in stercore.
Holotypus: in cumulo stercoris, Sarangpur; Chandigarh, India. Leg. S.C. Kaushal, Feb. 10, 1974, Herb. PAN, n° 2584.

Type PAN no. 2584 - holotypus

MycoBank 111244

Classification: Pyronemataceae, Cheilymenia

Created on 12/06/2015.

Updated on 02/08/2023.