Abyssomyces
hydrozoicus
Kohlm., 1971. Ber. Dtsch. Bot. Ges., 83: 505
Phylum Ascomycota
Sordariales incertae sedis
Abyssomyces Kohlm., Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 83: 505 (1971)
Abyssomyces hydrozoicus Kohlm., 1971. Ber. Dtsch. Bot. Ges., 83: 505. Saprobic Ascomata: 130-155 µm high, excluding necks, 135-155 µm in diam, solitary, subglobose to pyriform, superficial, ostiolate, periphysate, papillate, coriaceous, light brown, setose, paraphyses absent. Necks: 95-120 x 40-55 µm, subconical to cylindraical, periphysate. Peridium: 12-20 µm thick, 3-layered; on the outside a crustose, brown, non-cellular layer; middle layer of truncate to ellipsoidal cells, hyaline, forming setae; inner layer of flattened cells, hyaline. Setae: 8-60 µm long, 3.5-5 µm in diam at the base, 2-2.5 µm at the apex, subuliform, 0-1-septate. Paraphyses: absent. Asci: 60-90 x 6-9 µm, 8-spored, subcylindrical to fusiform, short pedunculate, unitunicate, thin-walled, developing at the base of the ascomata venter. Ascospores: 18-20 x 3.5-4 µm, biseriate, sub-cylindrical, 3-septate, straight or slightly curved, not constricted at the septa, hyaline, appendages at each end, sometimes surrounded by a mucous cover; appendages 0.5-1 µm in diam, hyaline, semiglobose, cap-like, terminal (Description based on Kohlmeyer & Kohlmeyer (1979and Borse et al. (2012)).
Key references:
Borse BD, Bhat DJ, Borse KN, Tuwas AR, Pawar NS (2012) Marine Fungi of India. Broadway Book Centre, India.
Jones EBG, Suetrong S, Sakayaroj J, Bahkali AH, Abdel-Wahab MA, Boekhout T, Pang KL (2015) Classification of marine Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota. Fungal Diversity 73: 1-72.
Kohlmeyer J (1971) Eine neuer Ascomycet auf Hydrozoen im Südatlantik. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 83: 505-509.
Kohlmeyer J, Kohlmeyer E (1979) Marine Mycology The Higher F