Pyronema omphalodes (Bull.) Fuckel, (a discomycete)


5 Oct 1997 at OSGR: SU57 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon recent bonfire site
Found asFruitbody
Date5 October 1997
OS grid refOSGR: SU57
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher5 Oct 1997[A]
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Notes:

on recent bonfire site - no mosses, but with ?Monilia sitophila

Soft orange discs, 1-3mm diam, hymenium loose. Asci: hyaline, clamped at base, 8-spored, 155-170/11µm, ?not blued in Melzer’s. Spores: hyaline, ellipsoid, no oil-drops, smooth, 14-15/8.5-9µm. Paraphyses: narrow, thin-walled, straight, vacuolate, non-septate, round ended, 3-4µm wide, branched below, tips blue in Melzer’s.

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