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Rhizodiscina lignyota

Rhizodiscina lignyota (Fr.) Hafellner, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 62: 195 (1979).

            ≡ Peziza lignyota Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 150 (1822).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 322482; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00362, Fig. 1

Description: see Hafellner (1979); Yacharoen et al. (2015).

Material considered: see Hafellner (1979); Yacharoen et al. (2015).

Fig. 1 Rhizodiscina lignyota (M 0177903, neotype, modified from Fig. 12 in Yacharoen et al. 2015). a Herbarium specimen. b, c Appearance of ascomata on host surface. d Section through exciple. e Peridium. f Cellular septate pseudoparaphyses. g, h Asci. i–k Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 50 μm, e = 10 μm, f, i–k = 2 μm, g, h = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Rhizodiscina comprises two species. Rhizodiscina lignyota is known on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae) in Europe (Germany) while R. proteae is found on twig litter of Protea laurifolia (Proteaceae) in Western Cape Province, South Africa.

 

References

Erikson OE, Hawksworth DL. 1993 – Outline of the ascomycets. Systema Ascomycetum 12, 51257.

Hafellner J. 1979 – Karschia revision einer Sammelattung an der Grenze von lichenisienlen und nichtlichenisierten Ascomyceten. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 62, 1–188.

Kutorga E, Hawksworth DL. 1997 – A re-assessment of the genera referred to the family Patellariaceae (Ascomycota). Systema Ascomycetum 15, 1–110.

Yacharoen S, Tian Q, Chomnunti P, Boonmee S, Chukeatirote E, Bhat JD, Hyde KD. 2015 – Patellariaceae revisited. Mycosphere 6, 290–326.

 

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