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Macbrideola oblonga

Description

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Genus Macbrideola

Sporocarps small, stipitate , globose to ovate . Stalk translucent , hollow (trapped air is often seen in liquid mounts ). Columella usually present. Peridium fugaceous or persistent . Capillitium present or absent.

Physical Description

Species Macbrideola oblonga

Sporocarps scattered 0.4-0.9 mm tall. Hypothallus wide, reddish. Stalk tapered, 16-25% of the total height , reddish, translucent at the base , opaque above, indistinctly longitudinally striate , sometimes filled with rather inconspicuous, almost translucent, irregular lumps. Sporothecae mostly ellipsoidal , rarely sub-globose or cylindrical, burnt umber, 0.2-0.45 mm diam. Peridium remaining as a transparent, red-brown collar . Columella reaching almost to the apex of the sporotheca. Capillitium arising from along the length of the columella, dichotomously branched, ending free or united near the surface, small sporocarps with few or no anastomoses , rather thick, brown, hardly attenuated outwards, free ends blunt , slightly swollen or club-shaped. Spore-mass brown. Spores globose , pale brown, 10.5-11.5(-12.5) µm diam., densely, regularly verrucose . Specimens from Colorado and Texas have stalks up to 50% of the total height but otherwise are here allocated to this sp.

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M. , 14-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Macbrideola

There are approximately 21 species in this genus:

M. argentea · M. confusa · M. coprophila · M. cornea · M. cornea var. cornea · M. decapillata · M. declinata · M. dubia · M. herrerae · M. lamprodermoides · M. macrospora · M. martinii · M. oblonga · M. ovoidea · M. reticulospora · M. scintillans · M. scintillans var. scintillans · M. scintillans var. verrucosa · M. synsporos · M. verrucosa · M. vesiculifera

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 2008-11-04