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Berggrenia cyclospora

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Biostatus

Native

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.

Distribution

Auckland, New Zealand

Substrate details

On ground in forest.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Berggrenia

Family

Ascomycetes, inc. sed.

Authority

(Cooke) Sacc.

Synonyms

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

Ecology

Fruiting

July

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