Chaetothiersia
Sign in to saveChaetothiersia is a fungal genus in the family Pyronemataceae. It is monotypic, containing the single species Chaetothiersia vernalis collected from California.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassPezizomycetes
- OrderPezizales
- FamilyPyronemataceae
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- Parent taxon
- Pyronemataceae
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Chaetothiersia is a fungal genus in the family Pyronemataceae. It is monotypic, containing the single species Chaetothiersia vernalis collected from California.
==Description== This species is characterized by having stiff brown hairs on the surface of the ectal excipulum, the outer layer of the apothecium. The ectal excipulum is thin, and made of roughly spherical to somewhat spherical/angular cells. Its ascospores are smooth, and do not contain oil droplets.
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