Miladina lechithina (Cooke) Svrček, Česká Mykol., 26: 214 (1972).
Basionym Peziza lechithina Cooke, Grevillea, 4 (31): 110 (1876).
Diagnosis Gregarious, sessile, egg-yellow; cups (5 m.m. broad), hemispherical, then flattened, becoming convex; margin narrow, distinct; asci cylindrical; sporidia elliptical, smooth; paraphyses septate, clavate above, filled with orange granules. Cooke, Mycographia, ii, fig. 89.
On old trunk crossing a stream. Sept. Forden.
This interesting species is quite different from anything hitherto described. Sporidia .025 × .012 m.m.
Type Ex herb. Cooke (K) - holotypus
Homotypic Humaria lechithina (Cooke) Sacc., Syll. fung., 8: 126 (1889) ; Helotium lechithinum (Cooke) Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl., 4: 233 (1895) ; Pustularia lechithina (Cooke) Rea, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 7 (1-2): 58 (1921) ; Inermisia lechithina (Cooke) Dennis & Itzerott, Kew Bull., 28 (1): 22 (1973).
Synonyms
Humaria aurorea Kirschst., Z. Mus. Hildesh., 7: 99 (1954), fide Häffner (1987).
Misinterpretation
Psilopezia aquatica (DC.) Rehm, Mitteil. Bay. Bot. Gesellsch., 34: 424 (1904), s. Seaver (1928), fide Pfister (1974).
Humaria sydowii (Rehm) Sacc., Syll. fung., 8: 132 (1889), s. Velenovský (1934), non s. Rehm, fide Svrček (1972).
MycoBank 271216
Notes
1) The anamorphic state is known under the name Actinospora megalospora Ingold.
2) The orthographic variant lecithina is acceptable.
Literature
Galán R., Rubio E., Suárez A. 1996. Miladina lechithina, un raro pezizal detectado en los arroyos asturianos. Belarra, 13: 5-10.
Häffner J. 1987. Rezente Ascomycetenfunde IV. Die Gattungen Miladina und Sphaerosporella, Trichophaea paludosa (Pezizales, Pyronemataceae). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pilze Mitteleuropas, 3: 413-426.
Pfister D.H., Korf R.P. 1974. The psilopezioid fungi. V. Miladina lechithina. Canadian Journal of Botany, 52 (7): 1643-1645.
Röllin O. 1988. Inermisia lecithina (Cooke) Dennis et Itzerott. Bulletin trimestriel de la Fédération mycologique Dauphiné-Savoie, 111: 15.
Svrček M. 1972. Miladina gen. nov., eine neue Gattung für Peziza lechithina Cooke. Česká Mykologie, 26 (4): 213-216.
Classification: Pyronemataceae, Miladina
Created on 20/07/2013.
Updated on 01/08/2023.
