Sphinctrina Fr.
Details
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Cosmopolitan temperate genus of 5 species; one species known from New Zealand
Nomenclature
Fr.
Fr.
1825
120
ICN
genus
Sphinctrina
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Sphinctrina Fr.
Parasitic, parasymbiontic or possibly developing an autonomous thallus. Apothecia sessile to short-stalked, epruinose. Capitulum spherical to obovoid. Excipulum constricted at edge. Mazaedium present. Asci cylindrical, well-stalked, disintegrating at a rather late stage, ascospores in most species simple, spherical to ellipsoid, in one species 1-septate and ellipsoid-fusiform, dark brown, provided with a ± distinct gelatinous coat, most easily seen in semi-mature spores, mature spores smooth or with a ± distinct ornamentation that in some species is very distinctive.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 September 2010