nypicola

Vibrissea Fr., Systema Mycologicum 2: 31 (1822)

Type species:

Vibrissea truncorum (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., Systema Mycologicum 2: 31 (1822)

Marine species:

Vibrissea nypicola K.D. Hyde & Alias, Mycological Research 103 (11): 1419 (1999) 

Index Fungorum Number: 460787                         Faces of fungi Number: N/A

Saprobic, sexual morph: Apothecia 200-300 µm diam., 168-184 µm high, superfcial, reddish brown, scattered, sessile, discoid. Disc circular, concave at first, becoming flat, reddish brown, margin undulate. Receptacle surface light brown and smooth. Ectal excipulum 25-40 µm thick, comprising an outer stratum of hyaline, thick-walled, globular cells, light brown only at the outside, and an inner stratum of hyaline scleroplectenchyma. Medullary excipulum 80-144 µm, composed of hyaline textura intricata. Paraphyses 2-5 x 3 µm wide, filiform, septate, apically branching, swollen at the apex, some with brown naviculate swellings, others with smaller rounded brown swellings, of similar length to the asci. Asci 100-112 x 6.5-9.75 µm, 8-spored, cylindrical, pedicellate, apically rounded, apex surrounded by copious amounts of very pale reddish-brown mucilage, staining blue in Melzer's reagent. Ascospores 75-90¬1 x 1.25 µm, fasciculate, filiform, unicellular, hyaline, rounded at the ends, with inconspicuous mucilage. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Description based on Hyde et al. (1999).

Key references:

Hyde KD, Goh TK, Lu BS, Alias SA (1999). Eleven new intertidal fungi from Nypa fruticans. Mycological Research. 103(11): 1409–1422.

Loilong A, Salayaroj J, Ringjindamain, Choeyklin R, Jones EBG (2012). Biodiversity of fungi on the palm Nypa fruticans. In: Marine and fungal–like organisms.  (eds EBG Jones, KL Pang), De Gruyter, Germany, pp. 273–290.