Coll. RD 33.11.213.14 © R. Dougoud

Coll. NV 2014.09.04 Microcharacters 10 µm © N. Van Vooren

Cheilymenia laevispora Dougoud, Ascomycete.org, 6 (5): 106 (2014).

Basionym Cheilymenia laevispora Dougoud, Ascomycete.org, 6 (5): 106 (2014).

Diagnosis Apothecia gregarious, sessile, discoid. Disc 1-4 mm in diameter, concave to convex. Hymenium orange. Receptacle subconcolor to the hymenium, with short hairs. Asci 215–255 × 19–23.5 µm, operculate, eight-spored, cylindrical. Ascospores 19.5-21 × 11.5-12.5 µm, ellipsoid, smooth. Medullary excipulum 85-125 µm thick, of textura intricata. Ectal excipulum 125-225 µm thick, of textura globulosa to textura globulosa-angularis or textura angularis. Hairs 40-140 × 9-17 µm, originating from outermost cells of the excipulum, usually curved, obtuse or acuminate, hyaline or yellow-brown, thick-walled, × 1,3-2-2.5 µm, or thin-walled.
Habitat: on cow dung in alpine zone.
Holotype G00262340 housed in Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève (G). Isotype in private herbarium of R. Dougoud no. 33.11.213.14.

Type G 00262340 - holotypus

MycoBank 811055

Classification: Pyronemataceae, Cheilymenia

Created on 09/07/2015.

Updated on 03/08/2023.