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Tatraea macrospora

Tatraea macrospora

Description:

The stalked to almost sessile, discoid cups are up to 1 cm wide and up to 1 cm high on stalks with diameters of about 1 mm.Inner surface - ashy-grey to yellowish-brown; concave to nearly flat. Sterile outer surface: Same as fertile surface in color and in other aspects.

Habitat:

Wood substrate - Saprobic; gregariouson rotten wood; summer through autumn into winter.

Notes:

Tatraea macrospora (Peck) Baral . Micro ID was done by by Dr G Gates Derivation of name: Macro means "large" or "long" and spora refers to a "seed (spore)." The ascospores of this species are quite long. Could possibly be a first find/documented for Tasmania = ) Good one for my 600th spotting too . = )

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6 Comments

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 8 years ago

Thanks , if i ever get this NBN business...i might even get more of my findings up oh and not get distracted by FB ,,,have so many more to add...but 600 is pretty cool =)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

600 !! Congrats!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 8 years ago

Congratulations Charlie ! Definitely a beautifully photographed specimen.

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 8 years ago

Genevieve Gates is adding this find into a paper she has been working on , i am very excited :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 8 years ago

...no records of this particular species in mainland Australia - pity !

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 8 years ago

Great shots Charlie. I might have found these but need to check records here again now that we've got such good pics. from you.

CharliePrice
Spotted by
CharliePrice

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Spotted on Jul 15, 2015
Submitted on Jul 15, 2015

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