Rickiella edulis

Coll. CJARO17
Coll. CJARO17
© D. Newman

Rickiella edulis (Speg.) Pfister, Mycotaxon, 29: 330 (1987).

 

Basionym Peziza edulis Speg., Rev. Argent. Hist. Nat., 1 (6): 422 (1891).

Diagnosis Diag. Cupulae majusculae superne applanatae laeves aurantiacae, inferne subturbinatae spongioso-lacunosae albo-cinerascentes non v. vix stipitate; asci cylindracei paraphysati; sporae cylindraceo-ellipsoideae biguttulatae hyalinae.
Hab. In sylvis ad terram humosam inter folia ramentaque putrescentia prope Guarapí, ann. 1880 (sub n. 3344).
Obs. Solitaria v. hinc inde plus minusve dense aggregata; cupulae primo subglobosae dein gradatim expansae, postremo explanatae-concaviusculae (10-50 millm. diam. × 5-15mllm. alt.), disco centro convexulo laevissimo sordide e lutescente aurantiaco, margine acutae integrae, non v. vix repandulo-undulatae, interne sessiles v. vix noduloso-stipitatae, terra v. ramentis fere infossae, e turbinato convexae, laxe grosseque lacunoso-alveolatae ligneo-pallescentes, pube squarrulosa cinerascente tectae, intus carne alba hymenioque flavescente donatae, in vivo carnosulae rigidulae, in sicco subflaccidae coriacellae; asci cylindracei antice rotundati, postice modice attenuato-pedicellati (200-220 × 15-16 µ) octospori, paraphysibus filiformibus non v. vix longioribus simplicibus apice rectis non v. vix subincrassatulis et flavescentibus obvallati; sporae monostichae e cylindraceo ellipsoideae (18-34 × 12-13 µ) utrinque obtuse rotundatae crassiuscule tunicatae grosse biguttulatae laeves hyalinae. Iodi ope nulla. Species edulis!

Type Speg. no. 3344 (FH) - isotypus

Synonyms
Rickiella transiens Syd., in Rick, Ann. Mycol., 2 (3): 244 (1904).

MycoBank 130849

 

Literature
Lloyd C.G. 1923. Rickiella transiens. Mycological Notes, 7: 1179.
Pfister D.H. 1987. The placement of Peziza edulis in Rickiella (Sarcoscyphaceae, Pezizales). Mycotaxon, 29: 329-333.
Rick J. 1904. Über einige neue und kritische Pilze Süd-Amerikas. Annales Mycologici, 2 (3): 242-247.
Romero A.I., Robledo G., LoBuglio K.F., Pfister D.H. 2012. Rickiella edulis and its phylogenetic relationships within Sarcoscyphaceae. Kurtziana, 37 (1): 79-89.
Spegazzini C. 1891. Fungi guaranitici nonnulli novi vel critici. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural, 1 (6): 398-432.

Classification: Sarcoscyphaceae, Rickiella


Created on 03/06/2015.

Updated on 02/08/2023.

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