Argynna polyhedron (Schwein.) Morgan [as ‘polyedron’], J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 18: 41 (1895).
≡ Physarum polyhedron Schwein. [as ‘polyaedron’], Trans. Am. phil. Soc., New Series 4(2): 257 (1832) [1834].
MycoBank number: MB 140004; Index Fungorum: IF 140004; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06388; Fig. 96
Description: see Hyde et al. (2013).
Material examined: USA, Missouri, Big Spring, on stalks of Zea mays, 15 April 1939, G.W. Martin (3922), BPI618534.
Fig. 96 Argynna polyhedron (BPI 618534). a Material label. b Ascoma on the host substrate. c Ascoma. d Section of ascoma and peridium. e Hymenium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g–j Immature and mature asci. k–p Papilionaceous ascospores. Scale bars: c = 1000 µm, d = 200 µm, e = 100 µm, f–j = 20 µm, k–p = 5 µm