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Lamprospora australis (McLennan & Cookson) Rifai
Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. wetensch. Afd. Nat. II. 57(3): 182. (1968)

Basionym: Lamprospora areolata var. australis McLennan & Cookson., Proc. R. Soc. Victoria II 35: 155 (1923)
Apothecia: 1-3 mm in diameter with conspicuous membranaceous margin
Asci: 230-280 x 20-22 µm, 8-spored, spores uniseriate
Ascospores: globose, 15-18 µm (18-21 µm inclusive ornamentation), one oil droplet of 10-13 µm in diameter, ornamentation consisting of ridges 1(-1.5) µm wide and 1.5-3 µm high, forming a more or less regular reticulum with 3-4(-5) meshes/diameter, ridges often dottet
Host: Campylopus introflexus
Distribution: Australia

References:
  • Benkert, D. 1987a. Beiträge zur Taxonomie der Gattung Lamprospora (Pezizales). - Zeitschrift für Mykologie 53: 195-271.
  • Caillet, M. & Moyne, G. 1991. Clé de détermination du genre Octospora et des genres voisins. - Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle du Doubs 84: 9-24.
  • McLennan, E. & Cookson, I. 1923. Additions to the Australian ascomycetes. I. - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New Series 35: 153-158, plates 9-10.
  • McLennan, E. & Cookson, I. 1926. Additions to the Australian ascomycetes, II. - Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New Series 38: 69-76, plate IV-VI.
  • Rifai, M. A. 1968. The Australian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. - Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde Tweede Reeks 57 (3): 1-295.
  • Wang, Y. Z. & Kimbrough, J. W. 1992. Monographic studies of North American species of Octospora previously ascribed to Lamprospora (Pezizales, Ascomycetes). - Special Publication no. 4, National Museum of Natural Science (Taiwan). PDF

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