Coll. ERRO 2010042401
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Coll. ERRO 2010042401
Microcharacters
© P. Iglesias | 
Coll. RD 21.10.298.94
Microcharacters
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Smardaea amethystina (W. Phillips) Svrček, Česká Mykol., 23 (2): 91 (1969).
Basionym Ascobolus amethystinus W. Phillips, Grevillea, 4 (30): 84 (1875).
Diagnosis Sessile, scattered, at first sphaerical, then expanded, concave, externally dark purple, verrucose ; disc nearly black ; margin serrated ; asci sub-cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptical, rather narrow at the ends, hyaline, becoming purple, coarsely verrucose ; paraphyses simple, enlarged at the apices. Sporid .0011 × .0006 in.
On damp sandy soil on the margin of the river Severn. Shrewsbury. Oct., 1875.
Type K(M) A2453 - holotypus
Homotypic Galactinia amethystina (W. Phillips) Wakef., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc., 6: 375 (1920) ; Jafneadelphus amethystinus (W. Phillips) Brumm., Persoonia, 5 (3): 225 (1969).
Synonyms
Peziza phillipsii Cooke, Mycographia, 1: 48 (1876), fide Brummelen (1969); Humaria phillipsii (Cooke) Sacc., Syll. fung., 8: 140 (1889); Galactinia phillipsii (Cooke) Boud., Hist. class. Discom. Eur.: 49 (1907).
MycoBank 339322
Literature
Brummelen J. (van) 1969. Studies on Discomycetes – III. Persoonia, 5 (3): 225-231.
Cooke M.C. 1875-1879. Mycographia, seu icones fungorum.
Dougoud R. 2002. Contribution à la connaissance de quelques Discomycètes operculés rares ou méconnus. Fungi non Delineati, 18: 1-69.
Iglesias P. 2011. Smardaea amethystina, primera cita en España. Mycologia Montenegrina, 13: 109-117.
Maillard C. et al 2009. Récoltes intéressantes en 2008. Cahiers mycologiques Nantais, 21: 44-48.
Phillips W. 1876. On a new British species of Ascobolus. Grevillea, 4: 84.
Svrček M. 1969. Nové rody operkulátnich diskomycetů (Pezizales). Česká Mykologie, 23 (2): 83-96.
Zhuang W.Y., Korf R.P. 1986. A monograph of the genus Aleurina Massee (= Jafneadelphus Rifai). Mycotaxon, 26: 361-400.
Classification: Pyropyxidaceae, Smardaea
Created on 11/04/2016.
Updated on 07/08/2023.
