Coll. 2008-09-14 © U. Lindemann

Coll. 2008-09-14 Microcharacters 10 µm © U. Lindemann

Octospora kilimanjarensis J. Moravec, Czech Mycol., 49 (3-4): 150 (1997).

Basionym Octospora kilimanjarensis J. Moravec, Czech Mycol., 49 (3-4): 150 (1997).

Diagnosis Apothecia 1.5-4.5 (-7) mm diam., primum subglobosa, convexa vel doliiformia, sessilia vel raro substipitata, usque leniter patellaria, hymenio vivide aurantiaco vel ochraceo-aurantiaco, extus pallida, subtiliter albo-tomentosa vel subglabra, margineque dentato-fibrilloso, albo-fimbriato vel breviter fimbriato. Excipulum externum e textura subgloboso-angulari, margineque hyphis et pseudopilis hyalinis 70-220 (-300) × 6-12 µm, apicibus obtusis, usque 4.5 µm crassis, crasse tunicatis (parietibus 1-1.5-3 µm crassis). Excipulum internum (medulla) e textura epidermoidea vix intricata. Subhymenium textura pseudoangulari-intricata. Asci 290-350 × 18-26 (-30) µm, cylindracei, deorsum sensim attenuati, crasse tunicati, operculati, octospori, non amyloidei. Ascosporae late rotundato ellipsoideae vel late ellipsoideae, (18-) 19-22 (25.5) × 13.5-16.5 (-18.5) µm (ornamento excluso), plerumque 20.5 × 15.5 µm, guttula unica vel guttulis binis vel multis instructae, verrucis magnis donatae, vel irregulariter crasse reticulatae vel subreticulatae. Paraphyses filiformes, 2-3.5 µm diam., sparse septatae, rectae, apice sensim vel clavato-incrassatae (4-9.5 µm), substantia luteola impletae.
Habitat: Africa orientalis, mons Kilimanjaro, Tanzania borealis, ad terram inter muscos (Pogonatum sp., Fissidens sp., Pleuridium sp. et protonema), ad viam in silva virginea apud locum Mandara, 16. XII. 1995 leg. Jiri Moravec – holotypus in herbario mycologico Musei Brunensis (BRNM) et duplicatum (isotypus) in herbario privato J. Moravecii asservantur.

Type ex herb. Moravec (BRNM) - holotypus

MycoBank 437740

Classification: Pyronemataceae, Octospora

Created on 15/04/2016.

Updated on 07/08/2023.