Species

Berggrenia cyclospora

Common Name(s)

None

Qualifiers

2009 - OL

Authority

(Cooke) Sacc.

Family

Ascomycetes, inc. sed.

Flora Category

Fungi - Native

Synonyms

Berggrenia aurantiaca var. cyclospora Cooke, Hydnocystis cyclospora (Cooke) Massee

Distribution

Auckland, New Zealand

Features

Ascomata are flesh-coloured, subsessile, lobed, up to 2 cm tall. The asci are cylindrical, and 8-spored. The ascospores are globose, hyaline, and 18 µm diameter. Berggrenia aurantiaca, also described from New Zealand, has elliptical ascospores, which are 22–25 x 16–18 µm.

Fruiting

July

Substrate

On ground in forest.

Where Held

K (holotype), PDD

Extant Collections

2


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