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| Record Summary | 3 patches of apothecia, on ground in pine copse where cattle shelter |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 12 February 2015 |
| Associated organism | Bos taurus |
| Habitat feature | cattle shelter |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SZ09 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W |
| Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 12 Feb 2015[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Apothecia: golden-yellow; densely clustered on, and hiding white subiculum; disc applanate to concave, especially when young, often with slightly protruding margin; turbinate; smooth.
Paraphyses: cylindric, 4µm diam., tips curved over, apex slightly expanded, 5µm diam., sparsely septate, branched at base, contents orange, becoming multi-vacuolate, contents staining dirty green in Melzer’s Iodine.
Asci: 8-spored, with lid, apex not staining blue in Melzer’s Iodine.
Ascospores: fusiform, thin-walled, ends slightly thickened, with a cluster of oil drops in centre, hyaline, smooth walled, 25-27.5/9µm diam..
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