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Filicupula suboperculata (Döbbeler & P. James) Y.J. Yao & Spooner
Kew Bull. 51(1): 194 (1996)
Basionym: Pseudonectria suboperculata Döbbeler & P. James, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml., Münch. 14: 113 (1978)
Type: Scottland, 'Argyll (V. C. 98), Head of Loch Creran, Galsdrum, Inver, Grid Ref: 17/9, 4', 1976-Jun-23, P. W. James (holotype IMI, isotype Dö 2401 in GZU, M).
Synonym: Octosporella suboperculata (Döbbeler & P. James) Döbbeler, Nova Hedwigia 31(4): 828 (1980) [1979]
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| 1: Filicupula suboperculata, apothecia on the liverwort Frullania tamarisci, Germany, Bavaria, leg. W. & G. v. Brackel 2010-Oct-03. Image by W. v. Brackel |
2: Filicupula suboperculata, ascospores in water, Germany, Bavaria, leg. W. & G. v. Brackel 2010-Oct-03. Image by W. v. Brackel |
Apothecia: 270-500 x 160-370 µm, clavate at first, becoming obovoid to turbinate, flattened above, higher than broad, vividly orange, smooth, outside with a hyaline layer
Paraphyses: filiform, uniformly 2.5-4 µm wide, unbranched, with many orange droplets
Asci: clavate, 80-140(-175) x 15-20 µm, (4-)8-spored, spores lying partly biseriate within the ascus
Ascospores: fusoid with blunt or truncate ends, 27-33(-35) x 8-9.5(-12) µm, hyalin, smooth, straigt or slightly curved, wall uniformly thick, usually containing two large central, two smaller polar and several very small guttules.
Host: Frullania tamarisci (L.) Dumort.
Infectious structures: appressoria 15-30) x 11-16 µm, variable ellipsoid
Habitat: on the liverwort Frullania tamarisci
Distribution: Germany, Scotland, Spain
References:
- Brackel W. v. 2011. Ein Fund von Filicupula suboperculata und weiterer hepaticoler Ascomyceten mit orangefarbigen Fruchtkörpern in Bayern. - Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft 81: 145–148. PDF
- Döbbeler, P. 1978. Moosbewohnende Ascomyceten I. die pyrenocarpen, den Gametophyten besiedelnde Arten. - Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 14: 1–360. PDF
- Döbbeler, P. 1980. Untersuchungen an moosparasitischen Pezizales aus der Verwandtschaft von Octospora. - Nova Hedwigia 31: 817-864.
- Rubio, E. 2013. Filicupula suboperculata (Döbbeler & P. James) Y.J. Yao & Spooner. - Asturnatura.com. asturnatura.com
- Yao, Y. J. & Spooner, B. M. 1996a. Notes on British Octosporella with a new genus, Filicupula (Pezizales). - Kew Bulletin 51: 193-196.
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| 3: Filicupula suboperculata, apothecia on the liverwort Frullania tamarisci, Germany, Bavaria, leg. W. & G. v. Brackel 2010-Oct-03. Image by W. v. Brackel |
4: Filicupula suboperculata, cross section of apothecium, Germany, Bavaria, leg. W. & G. v. Brackel 2010-Oct-03. Image by W. v. Brackel |
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