Galiella spongiosa

Coll. 2022-01-11
Coll. 2022-01-11
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Galiella spongiosa (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pfister, J. Agric. Univ. P. Rico, 58(3): 363 (1974).

 

Basionym Rhizina spongiosa Berk. & M.A. Curtis, J. Linn. Soc., Bot., 10: 364 (1869).

Diagnosis 654. Rhizina spongiosa, B. & C. Magna, crassa; cupulis irregularibus, floccis cirrhatis implexis atro-fuscis vestitis; hymenio pallide fusco; sporidiis fusiformibus. (383, 638, 646.) On bushes “growing vertically.” January.
Cups 1½ inch across; sporidia .0024 inch long, .0008 broad. A magnificent species.

Type FH 00465798 - lectotypus

Homotypic Sarcosoma spongiosum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Le Gal, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr., 78: 214 (1961).

MycoBank 314292

 

Literature
Carbone M., Agnello C. 2015. Studies in Galiella (Ascomycota, Pezizales). IV. Typification and identity of Rhizina spongiosa. Ascomycete.org, 7 (6): 289-293.
Le Gal M. 1953. Les Discomycètes de Madagascar.
Massee G. 1896. Redescription of Berkeley's Types of Fungi. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, XXXI (218): 462-525.
Paden J.W. 1983. Sarcosomataceae (Pezizales, Sarcoscyphineae).
Pfister D.H. 1974. Notes on Caribbean Discomycetes. V. A preliminary annotated checklist of the Caribbean Pezizales. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 58 (3): 358-378.

Classification: Sarcosomataceae, Galiella


Created on 13/09/2022.

Updated on 16/08/2023.

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