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Nectria peziza

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Nectria peziza
The fungus Nectria peziza growing on rotting wood
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Nectria
Species:
N. peziza
Binomial name
Nectria peziza
(Tode) Fr., (1849)
Synonyms

Lycoperdon hydrophorum Peziza hydrophora Bulliard t.

Nectria peziza or yellow spot is an ascomycete fungus with bright yellow to orange globose fruiting bodies (0.2 – 0.4 mm across) found on rotting polypores, well rotted deadwood, bark, dung, and decaying cloth.[1][2] Its globular fruiting bodies (peritheca), quite large for the genus, may be isolated or crowded; they have a slightly prominent black dot at the top, the ostiolum, this being the entrance to the inner cavity;[3] the bodies often collapse into a cup-shape when dry[1] and the colour fades to pale yellow or whitish.

Synonyms

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This fungus has an unusually large number of previous binomials, such as – Sphaeria peziza (1791); Hydropisphaera peziza (1822); Dialonectria peziza (1884); Cucurbitaria peziza (1898); Neuronectria peziza (1957); Byssonectria bryophila (1985); Sphaeria aurea (1823); Nectria aurea (1879); Dialonectria aurea (1884); Cucurbitaria aurea (1898); Byssonectria epigaea; and Nectria epigaea (1879).[4]

Classification

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Nectra peziza belongs to the order Hypocreales within the class Sordariomycetes, usually recognized by their brightly coloured (usually red, orange or yellow), perithecial ascomata, or spore-producing structures.

Distribution

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Nectria peziza has been recorded from Africa (Seychelles); Asia (Japan, Pakistan); Caribbean Islands (Bermuda); Europe (Denmark, Germany); North America (USA, Canada); and New Zealand. It is recorded as growing on a wide range of tree species.[2] In the British Isles it has a wide range of distribution and has been found in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.[5][6] N. peziza has even been found in Antarctica, growing in the Windmill Island group.[7]

A painting of N. peziza from 1797.

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Phillips, Page 377
  2. ^ a b peziza&organismtype=Fungus&fromAllCount=yes Agriculture Research Service Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2010-10-22
  3. ^ Geograph Retrieved : 2010-10-22
  4. ^ Index Fungorum Retrieved : 2010-10-22
  5. ^ British Mycological Society Retrieved : 2010-10-25
  6. ^ NBN Database Retrieved : 2010-10-22.
  7. ^ Polar News. Retrieved : 2010-10-22

Sources

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  • Phillips, Roger (2006), Mushrooms. London : MacMillan, ISBN 0-330-44237-6.
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