CS327 Pembroke - St. Michael's Scout Group Quarters (14/01/12 Leg.:André Sammut)
Description: Medium to large 'cup' fungus
(ascomycete), found on compost/wood chip mix
in a recently disturbed
are. Several fruiting bodies growing gregariously.
Size range of examined material 46-70mm in
'diameter'.
Shape bladder-like to irregularly shaped
(sometimes fused together), partially closed with
partially split margin.
Inner surface (hymenium) is smooth, pale
yellow-brown in colour. Outer surface is slightly
darker in colour, furfuraceous with darker
patches.
Microscopy: Asci: 8-spored, uniseriate, with rounded tips,
positive to Melzer's reagent. Paraphyses: Thin, hyaline, septate with slight
constrictions at the septa. Spores: Ellipsoid, hyaline, smooth, aguttulate
(no oil drops). Excipulum: Made up of rounded cells with
occasional hyaline erect hyphae on the exterior
part.