Trichophaea cf. boudieri
Trichophaea cf. boudieri Gre´let, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 33: 95 (1917)
Facesoffungi number: FoF 04244
Saprobic on dead wood. Sexual morph: Apothecia 667–672 x 1340–1344 µm, superficial, mostly solitary, yellow, cupulate. Receptacle concave, margins are dark brown, covered with spines. Spines dark brown, thick walled with thin septa. Excipulum 59–63 µm wide with few cell layers, ectal excipulum comprising with light brown cells of textura epidermoidea and medullary excipulum comprising with hyaline cells of textura intricata. Hymenium hyaline. Paraphyses 2–3 µm wide, numerous, filamentous, septate, slightly swollen at the apex. Asci 75–80 x 6–7 µm, 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, long pedicellate, inoperculate. Ascospores 23–27 x 2.5–3 µm, uniseriate, aseptate, ellipsoid, hyaline, guttulate, rough walled. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Specimen examined: THAILAND, Chiang Rai Province, Kun-Korn Waterfall, 14 November 2014, A. H. Ekanayaka (MFLU 16-0568).
Notes: Trichophaea cf. boudieri is distinguished by its yellow cupulate apothecia and thick spines at the margins of the apothecia (Dennis 1978).
Morphology of Trichophaea cf. boudieri. a Ascomata on wood, b, c ascoma on wood, d cross section of an ascoma, e spines on ascoma, f spine, g close up of the excipulum, h septate paraphyses, i–k cylindrical asci, l–o ellipsoid ascospores. Scale bars d 1000 µm, e–k 50 µm, l–o 10 µm
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