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Peziza austrogeaster (Rodway) Rifai, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 57 (3): 227 (1968).
Basionym Sepultaria austrogeaster Rodway, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania, 1920: 154 (1921).
Diagnosis Sepultaria austro-geaster, n.s. Oblong, at first subterranean and closed, about 1 cm. diameter, at maturity bursting above just on surface of soil into few lobes as in outer peridium of Geaster. Fleshy, dull brown, rather darker internally ; externally clothed with numerous hyphae permeating sandy soil. Asci linear, 8 spored. Spores broadly elliptic, very obtuse, hyaline, smooth, 24 × 10 µ. Paraphyses clavate with a thickened end not coloured, septate, the cells in many instances swollen and moniliform. On sandy hill, Bellerive, Aug. -Sept.
Type ex herb. Rodway (K) - holotypus
Homotypic Lachnea austrogeaster (Rodway) Sacc., Syll. fung., 24 (2): 1176 (1928).
MycoBank 336045
Literature
McLennan E.I., Halsey F. 1936. Additions to the Australian Ascomycetes. III. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 49: 51-61.
Rifai M.A. 1968. The Australasian Pezizales in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, afd. natuurkunde, Sect. 2, 57 (3): 1-295.
Rodway L. 1921. Additions to the fungus flora of Tasmania. Part 3. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1920: 153-159.
Classification: Pezizaceae, Peziza
Created on 15/06/2015.
Updated on 02/08/2023.
