Octospora rutilans (Fr.) Dennis & Itzerott, (a discomycete)


16 Oct 2002 at OSGR: SU86 in Berks, England

Record Summaryamong moss on bonfire site
Found asFruitbody
Date16 October 2002
OS grid refOSGR: SU86
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher16 Oct 2002[C]
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Notes:

Asci unripe. No ripe spores seen.

Receptacular hairs: hyaline, thick-walled, refringent, septate at base, 70/4.5µm, tapering.

Paraphyses: green-tipped in Melzer’s Iodine, cylindric, 4-6.5µm diam.

Context: of orange hyphae 5-9.5µm diam.

Spores ripened after a few days:

ascospores: 26/13µm, ellipsoid-fusiform, sub-reticulate warty, 8 per ascus, uni-seriate.

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