Byssonectria terrestris (Alb. & Schwein.) Pfister
(a discomycete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesByssonectria terrestris (a discomycete)
GenusByssonectria (a genus of discomycetes)
FamilyPYRONEMATACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
OrderPEZIZALES (cup fungus)
SubclassPEZIZOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of cup fungi and discomycetes)
ClassPEZIZOMYCETES (discomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Byssonectria terrestris (a discomycete) :
1: Byssonectria terrestris (a discomycete)
12 Feb 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
3 patches of apothecia, on ground in pine copse where cattle shelter
Image 1: Apothecia - large groupImage 2: Apothecia - large group (2)Image 3: Apothecia - large group (3)Image 4: ColonyImage 5: Colony (2)Image 6: Apothecia - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 8: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 9: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 10: Apothecia - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 11: Apothecia - young - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Asci and paraphyses - magnifiedImage 13: Asci and paraphyses - magnified (2)Image 14: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnificationImage 15: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnification (2)Image 16: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnification (3)Image 17: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnification (4)Image 18: Asci and paraphyses - microscope low magnification (5)Image 19: Ascospores in asci - highly magnifiedImage 20: Ascospores - magnifiedImage 21: Ascospores - highly magnifiedImage 22: Ascus and paraphysis tips - in iodine - magnifiedImage 23: Ascus and paraphysis tips - in iodine - magnified (2)Image 24: Ascus - magnifiedImage 25: Ascus tips - highly magnifiedImage 26: Context - magnifiedImage 27: Context - magnified (2)Image 28: Excipular cells - magnifiedImage 29: Excipular cells - magnified (2)Image 30: Excipular hairs - magnifiedImage 31: Excipulum cells with excipular hairs - magnifiedImage 32: Paraphyses and asci - microscope low magnificationImage 33: Paraphysis tip - highly magnifiedImage 34: Paraphysis tips - magnified

Byssonectria terrestris (a discomycete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Byssonectria terrestris (a discomycete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Byssonectria terrestris (a discomycete)

A bright orange discomycete that grows in clusters, mainly in the spring, on soil, leaves and mosses where animals have urinated.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Pfister, D.H., 1993A synopsis of the North American species of Byssonectria (Pezizales) with comments on the ontogeny of two speciesMycologia Vol. 85 (6): 952-962.
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