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| The families of mushrooms and toadstools represented in Britain and Ireland |
Anamorphic forms occurring.
Morphology. The fruit-bodies producing asci and ascospores; cupulate; clustered, or solitary; stipitate (often quite long-stalked), or sessile; tiny to small; in Ciboria batschiana, 0.5–1 cm across; not brightly pigmented; light brown, or dark brown (i.e., usually some shade of brown); apothecial; producing asci and spores on an exposed hymenium; ascus-bearing hymenial layer cupular; without carotenoid pigmentation; stromata present (as sclerotia, or as mummified host tissue). The asci usually with more or less conspicuous apical thickening (this I+). The ascospores usually ellipsoid; pale brown, or white; simple.
The hyphae without clamp connections. The hyphal walls lamellate, double layered, with both layers electron dense.
Ecology. Parasitic, or saprophytic. On various plant parts, especially seeds and fruits.
Representation in Britain and Ireland. About 70 species in Britain; about 17 genera.
World representation. About 225 species; genera about 35. Cosmopolitan.
Classification. Ascomycota; Ascomycetes; Leotiomycetidae; Helotiales.
Illustrations. • Ciboria batschiana (LH). SCLEROTINIACEAE. Ciboria batschiana. Sunesen & Dahlstrøm, in Lange & Hora (1965).
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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2008 onwards. The families of mushrooms and toadstools represented in Britain and Ireland. Version: 5th August 2019. delta-intkey.com’.
