Sowerbyella laevispora
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Sowerbyella laevispora is a hose fungus from the family of the fire pillow relatives .
features
Macroscopic features
The long-stalked fruiting bodies , the apothecia have a diameter of 8-16 millimeters. They are deeply bowl-shaped. The stem is dirty cream-colored, up to 25 millimeters long and 5–9 millimeters wide with 2-4 superficial grooves. The inside with the fruit layer is brown, the outside, the receptacle , is orange-brown.
Microscopic features
The fruit layer is 250–280 micrometers thick. The tubes are almost cylindrical and each has 8 spores arranged in a row. They react negatively to Melzer's reagent and are 216–262 × 14–16 micrometers in size. The spores are ellipsoidal to broadly ellipsoidal, translucent , smooth, unicellular, and are 17-20.5 × 10-13.5 micrometers in size. You have two drops of oil. The paraphyses are septate in the shape of a thread , 3–4 micrometers at the tip and 2–3 micrometers wide at the base.
Species delimitation
Sowerbyella laevispora is similar to other species of the genus Sowyerbyella , but in contrast to these, has smooth spores. The luminous root cup ( Sowyerbella rhenana ) is particularly similar , but its spores are narrower and wider, and also ornamented. Its tubes are also longer than those of Sowerbyella laevispora .
Ecology and diffusion
Sowerbyella laevispora lives in spruce forests on mossy subsoil. It has only been found in China in Qinghai Province so far .
Systematics
Sowerbyella laevispora was first described by Wen Ying Zhuang in 2009. However, it was found as early as 1958 and designated as Aleuria rhenana (now Sowyerbella rhenana ).
etymology
The name laevispora refers to the smooth spores, a trait that is unique within the genus Sowyerbella. The genus name Sowerbyella honors the English botanist James Sowerby , who was the first to describe the type species of the genus, the common root cupling ( Sowerbyella radicans ) as Peziua radiculata .