Keys to Fungi on DungRichardson, M. J. (Michael J.)
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Keys to Fungi on Dung
Richardson, M. J. (Michael J.)
Fungi -- Identification
18(17) Sporangiophores branched, with more or less globose
terminal fertile regions. Spores dry and powdery,
yellowish or pinkish in mass. _Cunninghamella_ (fig. 84)
e.g. spores smooth, ovoid, 18-22 × 10-14µm or
globose, 8-10µm diam. - _C. elegans_
spores echinulate, ovoid, 8-12µm - _C. africana_
- Sporangiophores unbranched, fertile portion 200-300 ×
15-20µm. Fertile region terminal only, cylindrical.
Spores smooth, greyish in mass, 2-4µm diam.
_Mycotypha microspora_ (fig. 85)
(N.B. _Ostracoderma epigea_ (fig. 85), the anamorph of
_Peziza astracoderma_, which occurs on paper and sometimes
dung and highly organic substrates, was originally described
as _Mycotypha dichotoma_. The fertile regions are cylindrical
but multiple as the result of several close dichotomous
divisions at the base of the fertile portion).
Notes
[1] There are few reports of _Ascozonus_, apart from _A. woolhopensis_.
Observed spore sizes of _A. woolhopensis_ suggest that measurement of
Renny's (1874) illustrations of spores leads to values which are too
large (19-20 × 6-6.5µm). Those in parentheses are what they might be,
based on the discrepancy between observed values for _A. woolhopensis_
and Renny's illustration.
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