Piscidiscina persicula

Coll. MICH 346504
© M. Beug

Piscidiscina persicula (Dirks & Beug) Dirks, Methven & A.N. Mill., Molec. Phylogen. Evol., 205: 11 (2025).

Basionym Gyromitra persicula Dirks & Beug, Phytotaxa, 644 (1): 53 (2024).

Diagnosis Gyromitra persicula and G. leucoxantha are readily distinguished from other Discinaceae species by the scooped out “fishtail” apiculi of the mature ascospores. These two closely related taxa are separable by their size and coloration: G. persicula is small (up to 4.5 cm wide) and has a pinkish buff color, whereas G. leucoxantha is larger (up to 10 cm wide) and has an egg yolk yellow to yellow ochre color.

Type MICH346504 - holotypus

MycoBank 855935

Literature

Dirks A.C, Methven A.S., Miller A.N., Orozco-Quime M., Maurice S., Bonito G., Van Wyk J., Ahrendt S., Kuo A., Andreopoulos W., Riley R., Lipzen A., Chovatia M., Savage E., Barry K., Grigoriev I.V., Bradshaw A.J., Martin F.M., Arnold A.E., James T.Y. 2025. Phylogenomic insights into the taxonomy, ecology, and mating systems of the lorchel family Discinaceae (Pezizales, Ascomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 205: 1-19.
Dirks A.C., Beug M.W., Methven A.S., Miller A.N., James T.Y. 2024. Gyromitra persicula sp. nov. (Discinaceae, Pezizales), a novel discoid Gyromitra from Northwestern North America. Phytotaxa, 644 (1): 49-55.

Classification: Discinaceae, Piscidiscina

Created on 19/06/2024.

Updated on 11/02/2025.

Distribution

Legend: Typus <1950 1950→1980 >1980

Collections List

[US] Klickitat Co.
Mt. Adams Horse Camp
30/05/20222, leg. M. Beug
346504 (MICH)
Source: Ascomycete.org

[US] Pierce Co.
Mt. Rainier National Park
17/05/2014, leg. M. Beug
346519 (MICH)
Source: Ascomycete.org

[US] Skamania Co.
Trout Lake
13/06/2022, leg. M. Beug
346523 (MICH)
Source: Ascomycete.org