Anthracobia macrocystis (Cooke) Boud., Hist. class. Discom. Eur.: 65 (1907).
Basionym Peziza subhirsuta var. macrocystis Cooke, Grevillea, 1 (9): 129 (1873).
Diagnosis Gregarious or scattered, cup shaped then flattened; margin entire, slightly elevated, externally brownish, smooth, or minutely granular ; disc orange-red ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia elliptical, narrow ; paraphyses clavate, filled with orange granules.
On burnt soil. Shrewsbury. (W. Phillips.)
The external cells of the cup are very large : cups 1-2 lines broad, sporidia .0009 × .0005 in.
Type ex herb. Cooke (K) - holotypus ?
Homotypic Peziza macrocystis (Cooke) Cooke, Mycographia,1: 36 (1875) ; Humaria macrocystis (Cooke) Sacc., Syll. fung., 8: 122 (1889) ; Humarina macrocystis (Cooke) Snyder, Mycologia, 28: 484 (1936).
MycoBank 120828
Literature
Cooke M.C. 1873. British Fungi. Grevillea, 1 (9): 129-132.
Cooke M.C. 1875-1879. Mycographia, seu icones fungorum.
Hohmeyer H.H., Schnackertz H. 1987. Die Gattung Anthracobia Boud. (Pezizales, Pyronemataceae). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pilze Mitteleuropas, 3: 427-438.
Larsen H.J. 1976. The genus Anthracobia Boudier (Pezizales, Ascomycetes).
Yao Y.J., Spooner B.M. 1995. Notes on British species of Anthracobia. Mycological Research, 99 (12): 1519-1520.
Classification: Pyronemataceae, Anthracobia
Created on 08/04/2016.
Updated on 07/08/2023.
