Sepultaria clausa

Coll. 19.12.2009
© C. Agnello

Coll. VK 667 (leg. V. Kaounas)

Microcharacters 10 µm
© N. Van Vooren

Sepultaria clausa (Tul. & C. Tul.) P. Alvarado, Van Vooren & A. Paz, J. Fungi, 12 (84): 53 (2026).

Basionym Genea clausa Tul. & C. Tul., Giorn. Bot. Ital., 1 (2): 59 (1844).

Diagnosis Globosa maxime depressa repanda ochracea minute verrucosa, hinc et illinc fibrillis subevanidis, basi absorbenti mycelioque huic adhaerenti dilute brunneo brevi instructa, caeterum ostiolo rimave propria destituta, intus cava albida levis simplex; sporangiis octosporis; sporis ellipticis levibus. – magnit. nucis avellanae.
In arena sub helianthemo guttato, juxta La Teste de Buch agri burdigalensis, octobre.
Forse Turres Laterr. Pl. Bordel. 3. Ed.

Type ???

Homotypic Hydnocystis arenaria Tul. & C. Tul., Fungi Hypog.: 117 (1851) ; Hydnocystis clausa (Tul. & C. Tul.) Ceruti, Icon. Mycol., 28, suppl. 2: 12 (1960) ; Geopora clausa (Tul. & C. Tul.) Burds., Mycologia, 60 (3): 507 (1968).

MycoBank 859743

Notes
1) H. arenaria is a superfluous nom. nov.

Literature

Agnello C. 2011. Ritrovamenti nel Salento di Hydnocystis piligera Tul. e Hydnocystis clausa (Tul. & C. Tul.) Ceruti. Ascomycete.org, 2 (4): 9-17.
Alvarado P., Paz A., Lavoise C., Van Vooren N. 2026. The genus Picoa (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales) revisited. Journal of Fungi, 12 (84): 1-57.
Burdsall H.H. 1968. A revision of the genus Hydnocystis (Tuberales) and of the hypogeous species of Geopora (Pezizales). Mycologia, 60 (3): 496-525.
Donadini J.C. 1987. Pezizales et Tuberales: Hydnocystis, Geopora, Sepultaria. Micologia Italiana, 16 (2): 20-36.
Dougoud R. 2006. Définition taxonomique et clé du genre Geopora. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde, 84 (3): 111-114.
Kaounas V., Assyov B., Alvarado P. 2011. New data on hypogeous fungi from Greece with special reference to Wakefieldia macrospora (Hymenogastraceae, Agaricales) and Geopora clausa (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales). Mycologia Balcanica, 8: 105-113.
Malençon G. 1973. Champignons hypogés du nord de l''Afrique – I. Ascomycètes. Persoonia, 7 (2): 261-288.
Tulasne L.R., Tulasne C. 1844. Fungi nonnulli hypogaei, novi vel minus cogniti. Giornale Botanico Italiano, 1 (2): 55-63.

Classification: Pyronemataceae, Sepultaria

Created on 13/06/2015.

Updated on 27/01/2026.

Distribution

Legend: Typus <1950 1950→1980 >1980

Collections List

[GR] Schinias

20/01/2009, leg. V. Kaounas
VK 667
Source: Ascomycete.org

[FR] Les Portes-en-Ré
Trousse-Chemise
08/12/2025, leg. P. Tanchaud
NV 2025.12.01 (LY)
Source: BD N. Van Vooren