Coll. BJ 2013.318 © P. Sandoval

Coll. BJ 2013.071 Ascospores in CB © B. Jeannerot

Scutellinia totaranuiensis J. Moravec, Mycotaxon, 58: 233 (1996).

Basionym Scutellinia totaranuiensis J. Moravec, Mycotaxon, 58: 233 (1996).

Diagnosis Apothecia 2-5 mm diam aggregata, sessilia, orbicularia, primum patellaria, dein subexplanata, hymenio aurantiaco-rubro, marginem et extus pilis brevis, fuscis dense obsita. Pili brevi, 60-270(-285) × 12-21.5 µm, fusci, rigidi, crasse tunicati (parietibus 3-4.5 µm crassis), sparse (1-3) septati, recti vel saepe curvati supra acuti, basi attenuati, breviter bifurcato-radicati vel saepe simplices, truncati vel angustati et saepe subacuti (pili bicuspidati). Excipulum externum e textura globuloso-angulari, parte inferiore (medulla) textura intricata. Asci 250-280 × 10-12 µm, cylindracei, octospoi. Ascosporae 13.5-16.5(-17.6) × 7.5-10.5(-11) µm (ornamento excluso), ellipsoideae, irregulariter multiguttulatae, crasse tuberculoso-verrucosae, ad polis apiculatae. Paraphyses filiformes, 2-3 µm diam., apice non vel sensim (ad 3.5-7.5 µm incrassatae), granulis aurantiacis impletae.
Habitat. Ad terram humidam argillaceo-arenosam viae silvaticae (Metrosideros sp.) in densa societate Pezizae badioconfusae, New Zealand, South Island, Abel Tasman Coastal Track, Totaranui prope Takaka, 6.III.1993 leg Jiři Moravec - holotypus in BRNM 599298, isotypi in CUP, WELTU et J. Mor. asservantur.

Type BRNM 599298 - holotypus

MycoBank 415238

Classification: Pyronemataceae, Scutellinia

Created on 25/02/2025.

Updated on 25/02/2025.