Transactions of the British Mycological Society 62:35-43. 1974.
Typus: S. thaxteri (Pat.) Sivan.
Location of type: FH
Type studies:
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Number of epithets: 1
Monograph:
Additional literature: Subramanian & Sekar (Kavaka 18:19-90. 1990, species record from India)
ascomata gregarious, superficial, on a basal subiculum of brown hyphae,
turbinate to clavate with a sterile basal stalk, with tooth-like, furcate
spines, black with metallic iridescence
paraphyses filiform, numerous
asci clavate, long-stipitate, 8-spored
ascospores ovoid-ellipsoid, brown, 1-septate, 10-14 x 3.5-4.5 µm
Terrestrial habitat, found on decaying bark and wood
Distribution to date: Florida, Liberia, Sierra Leone, India
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