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Octospora itzerottii Benkert
Östereichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde 7: 53 (1998)
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| 1: Octospora itzerottii, apothecia with Pterygoneurum ovatum |
2: Octospora itzerottii, ascus with ascospores |
Apothecia: 1-2.5 mm in diameter, without a membranaceous margin, surface plane to convex, hymenium orange
Asci: cylindrical, 170-270 x 15-21 µm, mostly 4-spored but also 2-,3-,5- and 6-spored, uniseriate
Spores: ellipsoid, (20-)22-27(-28) x (11-)11.5-13(-14) µm, smooth, with one or two large and several small oil droplets
Host: Pterygoneurum ovatum, Pterygoneurum subsessile
Infectious structures: infects the rhizoids, sometimes also stem and leafs, appressoria free or covered by accompanying hyphae
Habitat: on base-rich soil, disturbed ground in dry grassland, in Germany only on sun-exposed, warm sites
Distribution:Czech Republic (Janošík unpublished), Germany (scattered, BB, RP, ST, TH), Hungary
References:
- Benkert, D. 1998c. Beiträge zur Kenntnis bryophiler Pezizales-Arten. 8. Viersporige Taxa der Gattung Octospora. - Österreichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde. [New series] 7: 39-63. PDF
- Benkert, D. 2007. Zur Kenntnis des Vorkommens bryophiler Pezizales (Ascomycota) in Südost-Europa. - Mycologia Montenegrina 10: 7-21.
- Benkert, D. 2009. Zwei neue Arten bryophiler Pezizales (Ascomycota) aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Auflistung der aus Deutschland bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit Kurzdiagnostik. - Zeitschrift für Mykologie 75: 51-68.
- Eckstein, J., Eckstein G., Frauenberger, H. & Wieschollek, D. 2020. Erste Checkliste der Moosbecherlinge Thüringens. - Boletus 41: 51-64.
- Janošík, L., Sochorová, Z., Eckstein, J., Vega, M. & Koukol, O. 2023. Ascospore morphology of bryophilous Pezizales is closely associated with the place of infection and host ecology. - Fungal Ecology 61: 101200. DOI
- Németh, C. 2020. Bryophilous ascomycetes (Pezizales) in Hungarian cemeteries. - Herzogia 33: 319-339.
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| 2: Octospora itzerottii, appressorium and hyphae around a rhizoid |
1: Octospora itzerottii, ascospores |
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