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Urnula mexicana (Ellis & Holw.) M. Carbone, Agnello & A.D. Parker, Ascomycete.org, 5 (1): 14 (2013).
Basionym Bulgaria mexicana Ellis & Holw., Bot. Gazette, 24 (1): 37 (1897).
Diagnosis Obconic, stipitate, 2.5-3.5 cm across, carnose-gelatinous, becoming hard and rigid when dry, with the margin involute and much wrinkled, glabrous, olive-black : hymenium reddish-brown, cracking and showing the white substance of the ascoma : stipe central, short, stout, wrinkled (when dry) : asci cylindrical, stipitate, 8-spored, 250-270 by 15 µ : paraphyses filiform, slightly thickened above and brownish : sporidia uniseriate allantoid, rounded at the ends, slightly curved, mostly with a large vacuole in the center, subhyaline, 25-34 by 8-10 µ. — Cuernavaca, Sept.
Type #01169254 (NY) - holotypus
Homotypic Sarcosoma mexicanum (Ellis & Holw.) Paden & Tylutki, Mycologia, 61 (4): 689 (1969) ; Plectania mexicana (Ellis & Holw.) Paden, Fl. Neotrop., Monogr., 37: 7 (1983).
MycoBank 801356
Literature
Carbone M., Agnello C., Parker A. 2013. Urnula padeniana (Pezizales) sp. nov. and the type study of Bulgaria mexicana. Ascomycete.org, 5 (1): 13-24.
Ellis J.B., Holway E.W.D. 1897. Mexican fungi. Botanical Gazette, 24 (1): 23-38.
Medel R., Chacón S. 2000. Contribución al conocimiento del género Plectania (Pezizales, Sarcosomataceae) en México. Acta Botanica Mexicana, 50: 11-19.
Paden J.W., Tylutki E.E. 1969. Idaho Discomycetes. II. Mycologia, 61 (4): 683-693.
Classification: Sarcosomataceae, Urnula
Created on 30/05/2015.
Updated on 02/08/2023.
