Ascobolaceae

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Ascobolaceae
Ascobolus scatigenus

Ascobolus scatigenus

Systematics
Sub-kingdom : Dikarya
Department : Ascomycota mushrooms
Subdivision : Real ascent mushrooms (Pezizomycotina)
Class : Pezizomycetes
Order : Cuplets (Pezizales)
Family : Ascobolaceae
Scientific name
Ascobolaceae
Boud. ex Sacc.

The Ascobolaceae form a family of mushrooms within the order of the cup-shaped mushrooms .

features

Macroscopic features

As fruiting bodies, the Ascobolaceae form so-called apothecia , rarely also celistothecia . Mostly they are cushion-shaped, fleshy, brightly colored and without bristles.

Microscopic features

The layer between the tubes consists of simply built paraphyses . The tubes are quite wide, opercular and protrude from the fruit layer when ripe . Usually they have an amyloid wall (which can be stained with iodine). The ascospores are arranged in two rows, thick-walled and mostly ornamented. The ornamentation is often species-specific. They often have a thick outer purple to brown colored layer, sometimes with a shell. The Ascobolaceae do not have a stroma .

ecology

The Ascobolaceae are widespread, but especially in areas with a temperate climate. Ascobolaceae are probably all saprobic , the majority of them are coprophilic , so they live on manure . However, some species also live on other organic substrates such as rotten wood or directly on the ground.

Systematics and taxonomy

The Ascobolaceae were first described in 1884 by Pier Andrea Saccardo in the Botanical Centralblatt . Émile Boudier had already introduced the name before, but had not yet validated it. The Ascobolaceae are the sister family to the cupling relatives , with which they share characteristics such as the amyloid tubes , although some species no longer have this characteristic.

The following genera currently belong to the Ascobolaceae family (December 2016):

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Paul F. Cannon, Paul M. Kirk: Fungal families of the world . CABI Europe, Wallingford, Oxfordshire (UK) 2007, ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5 , pp. 20th f . ( available ).
  2. a b c K. Hansen, DH Pfister: Systematics of the Pezizomycetes - the operculate discomycetes. In: Mycologia . tape 98 , no. 6 , 2014, p. 1029-1040 , doi : 10.3852 / mycologia.98.6.1029 .
  3. Mycobank: Ascobolaceae . Accessed December 15, 2016 .
  4. NCBI: Ascobolaceae . Accessed December 15, 2016 .

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