Coll. 2003-08-30
© G. Gates | 
Coll. PDD 83310
Microcharacters 10 µm
© N. Van Vooren | | | | |
Jafnea pallida (Rodway) G.M. Gates & Van Vooren, Ascomycete.org, 8 (3): 101 (2016).
Basionym Geopyxis pallida Rodway, Pap. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1920: 154 (1920).
Diagnosis Geopyxis pallidus, n.s. Cup shaped, 5–8mm. diameter, on a slender stem 10mm., all parts white, thin, fleshy, externally smooth or slightly mealy, margin brownish with short irregular fimbriations. Hymenium smooth, asci linear, spores uniseriate, oblong, 22–24 × 10 µ, hyaline, minutely verruculose. Paraphyses filiform.< br />On ground, Mt. Nelson.
Type RH 377 (HO) - lectotypus
MycoBank 816295
Literature
Gates G., Van Vooren N. 2016. Jafnea pallida (Pezizales), a new name for a cup fungus rediscovered in Tasmania. Ascomycete.org, 8 (3): 101-104.
Rodway L. 1921. Additions to the fungus flora of Tasmania. Part 3. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1920: 153-159.
Classification: Pyropyxidaceae, Jafnea
Created on 07/05/2016.
Updated on 07/08/2023.
