Schizothecium aloides

(Fuckel) N. Lundqvist

Fungi, Dikarya, Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Sordariomycetes, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariales, Schizotheciaceae, Schizothecium

Aktueller Name gem. MycoDB

Current name: Schizothecium aloides (Fuckel) N. Lundq., Acta Univ. Upsal., Symb. Bot. Upsal. 20 (1): 253 (1972) [MB#323130]

Basionym:
Sordaria aloides Fuckel, Jahrb. Nassauischen Vereins Naturk. 27-28: 43 (1873) [MB#463503]
Obligate synonyms:
- Podospora aloides (Fuckel) Mirza & Cain, Canad. J. Bot. 47 (12): 2004 (1970) [MB#320814]
- Sordaria curvula var. aloides (Fuckel) Sacc., Syll. Fung. 1: 234 (1882) [MB#138882]
- Sphaeria curvula var. aloides (Fuckel) Cooke, Grevillea 5 (34): 63 (1876) [MB#465718]
- Neoschizothecium aloides (Fuckel) S.K. Huang & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 111: 539 (2021) [MB#558331]
- Sordaria curvula f. aloides (Fuckel) G. Winter, Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 13 (1): 102 (1873) [MB#852472]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Sordaria coronifera Grove, J. Bot. 54: 185 (1916) [MB#148073]
- Podospora coronifera (Grove) Cain, Canad. J. Bot. 40 (3): 459 (1962) [MB#337393]
- Pleurage curvula var. coronifera (Grove) C. Moreau, Encycl. Mycol. 25: 235 (1954) [MB#347430]
- Sphaeria valsoides Peck, Rep. (Annual) New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 78 (1876) [MB#237626]
- Podospora valsoides (Peck) Niessl, Hedwigia 22 (10): 156 (1883) [MB#100844]
- Sordaria valsoides (Peck) Sacc., Syll. Fung. 1: 235 (1882) [MB#198485]

Fruchtkörper / Habitus / Wachstumsform

Hals mit dichten Büscheln zusammengeklebter, langer Haare umgeben.

Bemerkungen / Hinweise / Abstract

Swollen agglutinated hairs usually up to 350 µm long, concentrated at the neck base. Spore head 31.5-38 × 15.5-17 µm (31-40 × 15-23, MIRZA & CAIN, 1969; 32-37 × 18-20, LUNDQVIST, 1972; 31-37 × 16-20, BELL & MAHONEY, 1995). Pedicel 12-17 × 2-4 µm. Upper cauda 30-50 µm long, longitudinally veined, with some transverse constrictions; lower cauda narrower and somewhat shorter, solid. Sometimes other two short, lateral caudae arising from the base of the pedicel. Particularly on cattle dung.

A bibliography of Podospora and Schizothecium, PdM 29a, 2008 - Francesco Doveri