Bryorbilia Baral & E. Rubio

Index Fungorum number: IF 825640 ; Facesoffungi number: FoF14389

Type species: Bryorbilia arenicola

Etymology: referring to the associated growth with moss and the relationship to the genus Orbilia.

Latin diagnosis: Apothecia in statu vivo 0.4–0.5 mm diam., orbicularia, sessilia, tota alba, hymenio plano, margine subglabro. Asci fusoideo-clavati, apice conico-truncati, in statu emortuo maturitatem tenuitunicati sed immaturitatem ad latera crassetunicati, non amyloidei (IKI), octospori, stipitati, bifurcati. Ascosporae distichae in asco viventi, ellipsoideae, clavatae, vel ovoideae, aseptatae, hyalinae, in statu vivo plures corpuscula refringentia, globosa continentes. Paraphyses ad apicem plus minusve clavatae, flexuosae, plerumque rostratae, ramosae, corpusculum refringentem unum globosum continentes, exsudato hyalino tectae, non cohaerentes. Excipulum ectale e textura globulosa- prismatica tenuitunicata. Habitat ad solum argillaceum inter muscum Ceratodonis purpurei Europae occidentalis.

Recognized species: Bryorbilia arenicola.

Species

  • Bryorbilia arenicola