Purpureodiscus (Hirsch) Van Vooren, stat. et comb. nov.

MycoBank number: MB 835833; Index Fungorum number: IF 835833; Facesoffungi number: FoF;

Basionym: Peziza sect. Purpureodiscus Hirsh, Boletus, 16 (1): 4 (1992) – MB 538932.

Type-species: Galactinia subisabellina Le Gal Etymology: From Latin purpura, purple, and discus, disk.

Amended description: Ascomata discoid or pulvinate, sessile, fleshy, whitish, pinkish to reddish-colored or purplish brown. Flesh without latex. Asci operculate, 8-spored, with crozier, with wall diffusely bluing in an iodine solution (W type). Paraphyses containing small vacuolar bodies. Ascospores eguttulate, but often with small granules at young stage, smooth or ornamented by isolated warts, in some species germinating to directly produce conidia. Ectal excipulum of textura globulosa/angularis, with large cells. Species saprobic.

Species

  • Galactinia subisabellina