Coll. MR #8520
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Saccobolus purpureus Brumm., Persoonia, 8 (4): 423 (1976).
Basionym Saccobolus purpureus Brumm., Persoonia, 8 (4): 423 (1976).
Diagnosis Apothecia sessilia, 0,15-0,50 mm diam. Receptaculum initio hemisphaericum et dilute purpureo-roseum, denique obconicum et magis fusco-purpureum, postremo pulvinatum vel raro subcylindricum, laeve. Excipulum strato superficiali e textura globulosa praeditum, pigmento roseo-purpureo incrustatum. Asci clavati, apice truncati, 110-120 × 22-26 µm, 8-spori, pariete iodo caerulescente. Sporarum fasciculi elongati, arete adpressi, 34-36 × 14-15 µm. Ascosporae secundum typum II dispositae, initio fusiformi-ellipsoideae et hyalinae, denique asymmetricae, trigonae vel ventricosae et intense purpureo-violascentes, 13,8-15,6 × 7,3-8,3 µm, laeves, saepe lineis irregularibus tenuissimis ornatae. Paraphyses ramosae, cylindricae, 2,5-3,7 µm latae, apice leviter inflatae, interdum pigmento purpureo-roseo obtectae. In fimo asinorum et animalis insectivori ignoti invenitur.
Typus: van Brummelen 3290, prope Jabo in Djebel Nefusa, Libya (L).
Type ex herb. Brummelen (L) - holotypus
MycoBank 323028
Literature
Brummelen J. (van) 1976. Some new species of Saccobolus. Persoonia, 8 (4): 421-430.
Classification: Ascobolaceae, Saccobolus
Created on 14/01/2021.
Updated on 12/08/2023.
