Scutellinia setosa

Scutellinia setosa is a species of apothecial fungus belonging to the family Pyronemataceae. Its fruit bodies are disc-shaped with thick black "hairs" (setae) around the cup rim. The smooth, ellipsoid, spores measure 11–13 by 20–22 µm and contain numerous oil droplets. The asci (spore-bearing cells) are roughly cylindrical, measuring 300–325 µm by 12–15 µm. Originally described from Europe, it is also found in North America and Central America, where it grows on the rotting wood of deciduous trees.[2]

Scutellinia setosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Pyronemataceae
Genus:
Scutellinia
Species:
S. setosa
Binomial name
Scutellinia setosa
(Nees) Kuntze (1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Peziza setosa Nees (1816)
  • Humaria setosa (Nees) Fuckel (1870)
  • Lachnea setosa (Nees) Cooke (1876)
  • Ciliaria setosa (Nees) Boud. (1907)
  • Patella setosa (Nees) Seaver (1929)

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Scutellinia setosa (Nees) Kuntze". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  2. Seaver FJ. (1928). The North American Cup-Fungi (Operculates). New York, New York: Hafner Publishing. p. 166.


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