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.
| Nectria peziza | |
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| The fungus Nectria peziza growing on rotting wood | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Nectriaceae |
| Genus: | Nectria |
| Species: | N. peziza
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| Binomial name | |
| Nectria peziza (Tode) Fr., (1849)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lycoperdon hydrophorum Peziza hydrophora Bulliard t. | |
Synonyms edit
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 edit
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 edit
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]
See also edit
- Nectria cinnabarina - a closely related and more common species.
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b Phillips, Page 377
- ^ a b peziza&organismtype=Fungus&fromAllCount=yes Agriculture Research Service Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved : 2010-10-22
- ^ Geograph Retrieved : 2010-10-22
- ^ Index Fungorum Retrieved : 2010-10-22
- ^ British Mycological Society Retrieved : 2010-10-25
- ^ NBN Database Retrieved : 2010-10-22.
- ^ Polar News. Retrieved : 2010-10-22
Sources edit
- Phillips, Roger (2006), Mushrooms. London : MacMillan, ISBN 0-330-44237-6.
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