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Octospora crosslandii var. alpina Itzerott & Poelt
in Itzerott, Nova Hedwigia 30: 139 (1979) [1978]
MycoBank: MB 352998
Type: Rötenwand westlich der Krefelder Hütte über Kaprun, Österreich, 1.8.1973, Poelt (holotypus: GZU)
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Apothecia: 1-2 mm in diam, light orange
Paraphyses: straight or curved, content turning greenish in iodine
Asci: 8-spored, spores uniseriate
Ascospores: ellipsoid, 17-23.3 x 11-15 µm, with rounded, rarely fusiform ends, hyaline, smooth, containing one central lipid guttule
Host: Desmatodon latifolius (Hedw.) Brid.
Habitat: alpine sites, on soil in tufts of Desmatodon latifolius
Distribution: Austria
Note: An almost forgotten taxon which likely deserves recognition on species level.
References:
- Itzerott, H. 1979. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Taxonomie der Discomycetengattung Octospora. - Nova Hedwigia 30: 139-148. [protologue]
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