Orcadia
ascophylli
G.K. Sutherl., Transactions of the British Mycological Society 5: 151 (1915)
Ascomycetes, incertae sedis
incertae sedis
incertae sedis
Orcadia G.K. Sutherl., Transactions of the British Mycological Society 5: 151 (1915)
Type and marine species:
Orcadia ascophylli G.K. Sutherl., Transactions of the British Mycological Society 5: 151 (1915)
= Orcadia pelvetiana G.K. Sutherl., New Phytologist 14: 184 (1915)
Index Fungorum Number:163984 Faceoffungi Number: N/A
Parasitic on brown seaweeds, sexual morph: Mycelium localised, hyaline, forming network on which fruiting bodies are borne. Perithecia entirely sunk in thallus, ostiolate, papillate, coriaceous, subhyaline, gregarious, (80-) 160-200 (-230) µm diam., with long broad cylindrical beak 80-125 (-180) x 20-35 µm, osiolar canal with periphyses. Asci clavate, unitunicate, thin-walled, 8-spored, (50-) 65-75 (110) x (10-) 17.5-18 (-20) µm, short pedunculate, without apical apparatus. Periphyses abundant, paraphyses few, filamentous, unbranched, with slightly dilated tips. Ascospores 34.5-56 x 4-7 µm, light yellow when mature, cylindrical, slightly curved, 3-septate. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Description after Sutherland 1915, Kohlmeyer & Kohlmeyer 1979.
Key references:
Kohlmeyer J, Kohlmeyer E (1979). Marine mycology. The higher fungi. Academic Press, New York, 690 p.
Sutherland GK (1914). New marine pyrenomycetes. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 5: 147–155.
Webber FC (1959). Marine fungi. PhD Theses, University of Wales.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksowrth DL, Madrid H et al. (2017). Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86: 1–594.