Paragalactinia succosa (Berk.) Van Vooren, Ascomycete.org, 12 (4): 189 (2020).
Basionym Peziza succosa Berk., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6: 358 (1841).
Diagnosis 156. Peziza (Al. Helv. Pust.) succosa, n. s.
Media, integra, sessilis, hemisphaerica, pallidè cereo-brunnea, extus pallidior, margine inflexo; came flavo-succosâ. On the naked ground in woods, generally dispersed, but seldom abundant. Cup one inch in diameter, hemispherical or subglobose, with the margin incurved; within of a pale waxy brown, without paler and mealy. The flesh when broken pours out a yellow juice. Asci elongated, slightly flexuous, containing eight elliptic sporidia, each of which contains two sporidiola. Paraphyses linear.
Tab. X. fig. 5. P. succosa, nat. size ; 6, vertical section; 7, asci and paraphysis; 8, sporidium.
Type Herb. Berkeley (K) ?
Homotypic Aleuria succosa (Berk.) Gillet, Champ. Fr., Discom.: 45 (1879) ; Otidea succosa (Berk.) Thüm., Mycoth. Univ., cent. 15: no. 1411 (1879) ; Galactinia succosa (Berk.) Sacc., Syll. Fung., 8: 106 (1889) ; Plicaria succosa (Berk.) Rehm, Rabenh. Kryptog.-Fl., Ascom., 1 (3): 1016 (1894).
MycoBank 835926
Literature
Garofoli D., Baiano G. 1996. Il Genere Peziza. 1° contributo: specie a lattice ingiallente. Rivista di Micologia, 39 (3): 233-258.
Medardi G. 1994. Genere Peziza Fr. 1822: Fr. 1822, non L. 1753. Studio di alcune specie fimicole e di alcune emettenti latice alla frattura. Rivista di Micologia, 38 (2): 149-162.
Petersen J.H. 2006. Sæsonens art [Peziza succosa]. Svampe, 54: 14-15.
Van Vooren N. 2020. Reinstatement of old taxa and publication of new genera for naming some lineages of the Pezizaceae (Ascomycota). Ascomycete.org, 12 (4): 179-192.
Classification: Pezizaceae, Paragalactinia
Created on 28/03/2013.
Updated on 01/08/2023.
