Morchella tasmanica

Coll. 2021-09-27 (pers. herb.)
Coll. 2021-09-27 (pers. herb.)
© J. Pallante

Morchella tasmanica Ramsb., in Gibbs, J. Ecol., 8: 107 (1920).

 

Basionym Morchella tasmanica Ramsb., in Gibbs, J. Ecol., 8: 107 (1920).

Diagnosis Ascomate oblongo-conico, acuto, c. 3 cm. longo, 1-5 cm. crasso, basi stipitis diametrum vix excedente, pruinoso, costis primariis longitudinalibus, subparallelis, acie obtusis, atro-castaneis, alveolis fulvis, secundariis transversis, pliciformibus, irregularibus; stipite subaequali et ad basim non incrassato, versus apicem parum crassiori, c. 9 cm. longo, 1 cm. crasso, fulvo velutino, toto pube brevi fulvo tecto; pilis variabilibus, septatis, ad apicem vix incrassatis, c. 20 µ crassis; ascis cylindraceis, ad basim subattenuatis, octosporis, 350–400 µ × 22–24 µ; sporis late ellipsoideis, hyalinis vel hyalino-ochraceis, 27–32 µ × 15–16 µ; paraphysibus ramosis, septatis, hyalinis vel hyalino-ochraceis, ad apices vix incrassatis, 15–17 µ crassis.
In terra uda.
In light Eucalyptus forest. Mt Dromedary, 3000', New Norfolk. Nov. 6833.

Type K(M) 178949 - holotypus

MycoBank 163106

 

Literature
Gibbs L.S. 1920. Notes on the Phytogeography and Flora of the Mountain Summit Plateaux of Tasmania. Journal of Ecology, 8 (2): 89-117.

Classification: Morchellaceae, Morchella


Created on 21/08/2022.

Updated on 16/08/2023.

Distribution

Collections List

[NZ] Queenstown-Lakes
Mount Creighton
27/09/2021, leg. J. Pallante

Source: iNaturalist
[AS] Dromedary
Mount Dromedary
09/1914, leg. L.S. Gibbs
178949 (K(M))
Source: Ascomycete.org
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