Berggrenia cyclospora
Synonyms
Berggrenia aurantiaca var. cyclospora Cooke, Hydnocystis cyclospora (Cooke) Massee
Family
Ascomycetes, inc. sed.
Flora category
Fungi – Native
Distribution
Auckland, New Zealand
Detailed description
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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