Discinaceae
Discinaceae Benedix
Facesoffungi number: FoF 04208
Taxa are mainly saprobes on soil or dead plant materials. Sometimes they are associated with mycorrhizal associations with Nothofagaceae, Pinaceae and conifers (Bemmann and Bandini 2011; Nouhra et al. 2012). Taxa are recorded from subtropical and temperate regions (Tylutki 1993). Discinaceae includes both hypogeous and epigeous taxa (McKnight et al. 1998). Apothecial shape varies and some are false morels. They produce comparatively large fruiting bodies. Some are disc-shaped subsessile species. Some are stalked species with brain-like or saddle-shaped caps (McKnight et al. 1998). Asci are cylindrical, 8-spored, tapered at the base. Ascospores are elliptic, globose or fusoid, nearly smooth to distinctly rough or reticulate, guttulate. Ascospores of some species have distinct apiculi (Harmaja 1969a, 1973; Kempton and Wells 1973). Asexual morphs have not been recorded. Recent studies on Discinaceae includes Peric and Peric (2010), Bemmann and Bandini (2011), Pina-Pa´eza et al. (2017), Beug et al. (2014), Methven et al. (2013) and Deb and Singh (2017).
References:
Harmaja H (1969a) A neglected species, Gyromitra ambigua (Karst.) Harmaja, n. comb., and G. infula s. str. in Fennoscandia. Karstenia 9:13–19
Harmaja H (1973) Amendments to the limits of the genera Gyromitra and Pseudorhizina, with the description of a new species, Gyromitra montana. Karstenia 13:48–58
Recent Genus
RutstroemiaXeropilidium
Ionomidotis
Recent Species
Encoelia furfuraceaRutstroemia tiliacea
Xeropilidium dennisii