Coll. MV180110-02 © R. Negrín | | | | | |
Octosporella microtricha Döbbeler, Negrín & M. Vega, Herzogia, 31 (1): 102 (2018).
Basionym Octosporella microtricha Döbbeler, Negrín & M. Vega, Herzogia, 31 (1): 102 (2018).
Diagnosis Octosporella microtricha differs from all other congeneric species by ellipsoidal, up to 300 μm long ascomata densely covered by short, extremely thick-walled setae; asci with 7 or 8 (or fewer) ascospores; ascospores narrowly ellipsoidal to fusoid, (in CB) 24 –33 × 9.5 –12 μm large with cap-like wall thickenings at the ends; colonizing Frullania polysticta.
Type MV180110-02 (M) - holotypus
MycoBank 824609
Literature
Döbbeler P., Berger F., Negrín R., Vega M. 2018. Octosporella microtricha and O. nematospora – two new pezizalean ascomycetes on Frullania. Herzogia, 31 (1): 101-108.
Classification: Pyronemataceae, Octosporella
Created on 23/08/2018.
Updated on 08/08/2023.