Phylogenetics of the Pezizaceae, with an Emphasis on Peziza
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Pyronemataceae, Pezizales) Based on Molecular and Morphological Data
Mycol Progress (2012) 11:699–710 DOI 10.1007/s11557-011-0779-5 ORIGINAL ARTICLE The taxonomic position of the genus Heydenia (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales) based on molecular and morphological data Adrian Leuchtmann & Heinz Clémençon Received: 12 May 2011 /Revised: 19 July 2011 /Accepted: 21 July 2011 /Published online: 9 August 2011 # German Mycological Society and Springer 2011 Abstract Molecular and morphological data indicate that easily becomes accepted as true, without proof, in the the genus Heydenia is closely related to the cleistothecial mycological literature. One case of such questionable ascomycete Orbicula (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales). Obser- reasoning is exemplified by the genus Heydenia. vations on the disposition and the immediate surroundings Since fungi with fruiting bodies of unusual or misleading of immature spores within the spore capsule suggest that form are difficult to fit into a classification based on the Heydenia fruiting bodies are teleomorphs producing morphology alone, many genera were left unclassified early evanescent asci in stipitate cleistothecia. The once («incertae sedis») or were assigned by guesswork to a advocated identity of Heydenia with Onygena is refuted on taxonomic group until more objective criteria based on molecular grounds. Onygena arietina E. Fischer is trans- analyses of DNA sequences indicated a firm phylogenetic ferred to Heydenia. relationship. Examples of such genera are Torrendia (stipitate gasteromycete-like, Hallen et al. 2004), Thaxter- Keywords Ascomycota . Beta tubulin . Cleistothecium . ogaster (stipitate sequestrate, Peintner et al. 2002)and Histology. nuLSU . Orbicula . Phylogeny Physalacria (columnar hollow, Wilson and Desjardin 2005) among the basidiomycetes, and Neolecta (columnar, Landvik et al. 2001), Trichocoma (cup-shaped with a Introduction protruding tuft, Berbee et al. -
Henry Dissing, 31. March 1931 – 10. December 2009
Henry Dissing, 31. March 1931 – 10. December 2009 Thomas LÆSSØE Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø [email protected] Ascomycete.org, 2 (4) : 3-6. Summary: Biography of Henry Dissing, Danish mycologist, specialist of Pezizales, died Février 2011 in December 2009. Keywords: Tribute, Danish mycologist, University of Copenhagen, Ascomycota. Résumé : biographie d’Henry Dissing, mycologue danois, spécialiste des Pezizales, dé- cédé en décembre 2009. Mots-clés : hommage, mycologue danois, université de Copenhague, Ascomycota. Henry was born in Jutland, in a small village, where he was association was with Sigmund Sivertsen in Norway. Throu- expected to follow in his father’s footsteps as a potter. He ghout, he trained Master students in all sorts of mycological chose a completely different career but did support his early topics, and one of them, Karen Hansen, continues his work education by working at the royal porcelain factory in Co- on the Pezizales (from Stockholm). Others are employed in penhagen. After that, he studied at Copenhagen University the biotechnological industry or teach at high school. A long where he started his biology studies in 1960. He very soon lasting teaching effort was the mycological field courses held became interested in fungi and quickly became part of the from 1965-2009 at the Kristiansminde Field Centre, where group around Morten Lange at the newly established “Insti- Henry participated in most courses until retirement, and tut for Sporeplanter”, where Lise Hansen was another core more than one thousand students got their mycological field member. Henry became the ascomycote person and Morten training during this period, including a lot of Norwegian stu- dealt with agarics and also collaborated with Henry on “Gas- dents. -
New and Noteworthy Records of Operculate Discomycetes of the Pyronemataceae (Pezizales) from Ukraine
CZECH MYCOLOGY 73(2): 137–150, JULY 30, 2021 (ONLINE VERSION, ISSN 1805-1421) New and noteworthy records of operculate discomycetes of the Pyronemataceae (Pezizales) from Ukraine 1 2 3 VERONIKA V. DZHAGAN *, YULIA V. SHCHERBAKOVA ,YULIA I. LYTVYNENKO 1 Educational and Scientific Centre “Institute of Biology and Medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64/13 Volodymyrska Str., Kyiv, UA-01601, Ukraine; [email protected] 2 The State scientific research forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, 10 Bohomoltsa Str., Kyiv, UA-01024, Ukraine; [email protected] 3 A.S. Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University, 87 Romenska Str., Sumy, UA-40002, Ukraine; [email protected] *corresponding author Dzhagan V.V., Shcherbakova Yu.V., Lytvynenko Yu.I. (2021): New and noteworthy records of operculate discomycetes of the Pyronemataceae (Pezizales)from Ukraine. – Czech Mycol. 73(2): 137–150. The article reports new data on the occurrence of three species of apothecial ascomycetes of the Pyronemataceae family collected in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Aleurina subvirescens and Smardaea purpurea were found in Ukraine for the first time, Ramsbottomia asperior was previ- ously found by us also at other localities in Ukraine, including the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, but without any details and illustrations. For each species a description of the Ukrainian specimens, col- lection data, macro- and micrographs are provided here. In addition to morphological characters, ecological characteristics and data on the general distribution of these species are briefly discussed. Key words: Ascomycota, Pezizomycetes, Aleurina subvirescens, Ramsbottomia asperior, Smardaea purpurea, biodiversity, Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Article history: received 28 May 2021, revised 7 July 2021, accepted 15 July 2021, published online 30 July 2021. -
Myconet Volume 14 Part One. Outine of Ascomycota – 2009 Part Two
(topsheet) Myconet Volume 14 Part One. Outine of Ascomycota – 2009 Part Two. Notes on ascomycete systematics. Nos. 4751 – 5113. Fieldiana, Botany H. Thorsten Lumbsch Dept. of Botany Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 665-7881 fax: 312-665-7158 e-mail: [email protected] Sabine M. Huhndorf Dept. of Botany Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Chicago, IL 60605 (312) 665-7855 fax: 312-665-7158 e-mail: [email protected] 1 (cover page) FIELDIANA Botany NEW SERIES NO 00 Myconet Volume 14 Part One. Outine of Ascomycota – 2009 Part Two. Notes on ascomycete systematics. Nos. 4751 – 5113 H. Thorsten Lumbsch Sabine M. Huhndorf [Date] Publication 0000 PUBLISHED BY THE FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2 Table of Contents Abstract Part One. Outline of Ascomycota - 2009 Introduction Literature Cited Index to Ascomycota Subphylum Taphrinomycotina Class Neolectomycetes Class Pneumocystidomycetes Class Schizosaccharomycetes Class Taphrinomycetes Subphylum Saccharomycotina Class Saccharomycetes Subphylum Pezizomycotina Class Arthoniomycetes Class Dothideomycetes Subclass Dothideomycetidae Subclass Pleosporomycetidae Dothideomycetes incertae sedis: orders, families, genera Class Eurotiomycetes Subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae Subclass Eurotiomycetidae Subclass Mycocaliciomycetidae Class Geoglossomycetes Class Laboulbeniomycetes Class Lecanoromycetes Subclass Acarosporomycetidae Subclass Lecanoromycetidae Subclass Ostropomycetidae 3 Lecanoromycetes incertae sedis: orders, genera Class Leotiomycetes Leotiomycetes incertae sedis: families, genera Class Lichinomycetes Class Orbiliomycetes Class Pezizomycetes Class Sordariomycetes Subclass Hypocreomycetidae Subclass Sordariomycetidae Subclass Xylariomycetidae Sordariomycetes incertae sedis: orders, families, genera Pezizomycotina incertae sedis: orders, families Part Two. Notes on ascomycete systematics. Nos. 4751 – 5113 Introduction Literature Cited 4 Abstract Part One presents the current classification that includes all accepted genera and higher taxa above the generic level in the phylum Ascomycota. -
Notizbuchartige Auswahlliste Zur Bestimmungsliteratur Für Europäische Pilzgattungen Der Discomyceten Und Hypogäischen Ascomyc
Pilzgattungen Europas - Liste 8: Notizbuchartige Auswahlliste zur Bestimmungsliteratur für Discomyceten und hypogäische Ascomyceten Bernhard Oertel INRES Universität Bonn Auf dem Hügel 6 D-53121 Bonn E-mail: [email protected] 24.06.2011 Beachte: Ascomycota mit Discomyceten-Phylogenie, aber ohne Fruchtkörperbildung, wurden von mir in die Pyrenomyceten-Datei gestellt. Erstaunlich ist die Vielzahl der Ordnungen, auf die die nicht- lichenisierten Discomyceten verteilt sind. Als Überblick soll die folgende Auflistung dieser Ordnungen dienen, wobei die Zuordnung der Arten u. Gattungen dabei noch sehr im Fluss ist, so dass mit ständigen Änderungen bei der Systematik zu rechnen ist. Es darf davon ausgegangen werden, dass die Lichenisierung bestimmter Arten in vielen Fällen unabhängig voneinander verlorengegangen ist, so dass viele Ordnungen mit üblicherweise lichenisierten Vertretern auch einige wenige sekundär entstandene, nicht-licheniserte Arten enthalten. Eine Aufzählung der zahlreichen Familien innerhalb dieser Ordnungen würde sogar den Rahmen dieser Arbeit sprengen, dafür muss auf Kirk et al. (2008) u. auf die neuste Version des Outline of Ascomycota verwiesen werden (www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp). Die Ordnungen der europäischen nicht-lichenisierten Discomyceten und hypogäischen Ascomyceten Wegen eines fehlenden modernen Buches zur deutschen Discomycetenflora soll hier eine Übersicht über die Ordnungen der Discomyceten mit nicht-lichenisierten Vertretern vorangestellt werden (ca. 18 europäische Ordnungen mit nicht- lichenisierten Discomyceten): Agyriales (zu Lecanorales?) Lebensweise: Zum Teil lichenisiert Arthoniales (= Opegraphales) Lebensweise: Zum Teil lichenisiert Caliciales (zu Lecanorales?) Lebensweise: Zum Teil lichenisiert Erysiphales (diese aus praktischen Gründen in der Pyrenomyceten- Datei abgehandelt) Graphidales [seit allerneuster Zeit wieder von den Ostropales getrennt gehalten; s. Wedin et al. (2005), MR 109, 159-172; Lumbsch et al. -
Truffle Trouble: What Happened to the Tuberales?
mycological research 111 (2007) 1075–1099 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/mycres Truffle trouble: what happened to the Tuberales? Thomas LÆSSØEa,*, Karen HANSENb,y aDepartment of Biology, Copenhagen University, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark bHarvard University Herbaria – Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA article info abstract Article history: An overview of truffles (now considered to belong in the Pezizales, but formerly treated in Received 10 February 2006 the Tuberales) is presented, including a discussion on morphological and biological traits Received in revised form characterizing this form group. Accepted genera are listed and discussed according to a sys- 27 April 2007 tem based on molecular results combined with morphological characters. Phylogenetic Accepted 9 August 2007 analyses of LSU rDNA sequences from 55 hypogeous and 139 epigeous taxa of Pezizales Published online 25 August 2007 were performed to examine their relationships. Parsimony, ML, and Bayesian analyses of Corresponding Editor: Scott LaGreca these sequences indicate that the truffles studied represent at least 15 independent line- ages within the Pezizales. Sequences from hypogeous representatives referred to the fol- Keywords: lowing families and genera were analysed: Discinaceae–Morchellaceae (Fischerula, Hydnotrya, Ascomycota Leucangium), Helvellaceae (Balsamia and Barssia), Pezizaceae (Amylascus, Cazia, Eremiomyces, Helvellaceae Hydnotryopsis, Kaliharituber, Mattirolomyces, Pachyphloeus, Peziza, Ruhlandiella, Stephensia, Hypogeous Terfezia, and Tirmania), Pyronemataceae (Genea, Geopora, Paurocotylis, and Stephensia) and Pezizaceae Tuberaceae (Choiromyces, Dingleya, Labyrinthomyces, Reddellomyces, and Tuber). The different Pezizales types of hypogeous ascomata were found within most major evolutionary lines often nest- Pyronemataceae ing close to apothecial species. Although the Pezizaceae traditionally have been defined mainly on the presence of amyloid reactions of the ascus wall several truffles appear to have lost this character. -
Pezizomycetes, Ascomycota) Clarifies Relationships and Evolution of Selected Life History Traits ⇑ Karen Hansen , Brian A
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 67 (2013) 311–335 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev A phylogeny of the highly diverse cup-fungus family Pyronemataceae (Pezizomycetes, Ascomycota) clarifies relationships and evolution of selected life history traits ⇑ Karen Hansen , Brian A. Perry 1, Andrew W. Dranginis, Donald H. Pfister Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA article info abstract Article history: Pyronemataceae is the largest and most heterogeneous family of Pezizomycetes. It is morphologically and Received 26 April 2012 ecologically highly diverse, comprising saprobic, ectomycorrhizal, bryosymbiotic and parasitic species, Revised 24 January 2013 occurring in a broad range of habitats (on soil, burnt ground, debris, wood, dung and inside living bryo- Accepted 29 January 2013 phytes, plants and lichens). To assess the monophyly of Pyronemataceae and provide a phylogenetic Available online 9 February 2013 hypothesis of the group, we compiled a four-gene dataset including one nuclear ribosomal and three pro- tein-coding genes for 132 distinct Pezizomycetes species (4437 nucleotides with all markers available for Keywords: 80% of the total 142 included taxa). This is the most comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Pyronemata- Ancestral state reconstruction ceae, and Pezizomycetes, to date. Three hundred ninety-four new sequences were generated during this Plotting SIMMAP results Introns project, with the following numbers for each gene: RPB1 (124), RPB2 (99), EF-1a (120) and LSU rDNA Carotenoids (51). The dataset includes 93 unique species from 40 genera of Pyronemataceae, and 34 species from 25 Ectomycorrhizae genera representing an additional 12 families of the class. -
Nº 14 2009 Escuela De Jardineria Y Paisaje Excm
2009 BUTLLETÍ SOCIETAT MICOLÒGICA VALENCIANA FUNDACIÓN MUNICIPAL Nº 14 2009 ESCUELA DE JARDINERIA Y PAISAJE EXCM. AJUNTAMENT DE VALÈNCIA 14 Butll. Soc. Micol. Valenciana 14.2009 5¢ -<5+(*0Ô54<50*07(3 ,:*<,3(+,1(9+05,9Ð(@7(0:(1, ,?*4(1<5;(4,5;+,=(3Ï5*0( 1 Butll. Soc. Micol. Valenciana 14.2009 REALITZAT PER LA SOCIETAT MICOLÒGICA VALENCIANA, 2 Butll. Soc. Micol. Valenciana 14.2009 MYXOMYCETES IBÉRICOS. III. M. OLTRA(1) & E. GRACIA(2) (1)Departamento de Biología Vegetal. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. E-28871 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). (2)Departament de Biologia Vegetal. Universitat de Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal nº 645. E-08028. Barcelona. Summary: OLTRA, M. & E. GRACIA (2009). Myxomycetes Ibéricos III. Butll. Soc. Micol. Valen- ciana nº 14: pag 003-037. Hundred twenty (120) taxa of Myxomycetes from the Iberian Península are recorded here. Data on their ecology, chorology and habitat are also added. Key words: Myxomycetes, chorology, ecology, phenology, Iberian Peninsula. Resumen: OLTRA, M. & E. GRACIA (2009). Myxomycetes Ibéricos III. Butll. Soc. Micol. Valen- ciana nº 14: pag 003-037. Citamos ciento veinte taxones (120) de Myxomycetes procedentes de la Península Ibérica, apor- tando datos sobre su ecología, localización geográfica, fecha y hábitat. Palabra clave: Myxomycetes, corología, ecología, fenología, Península Ibérica. INTRODUCCIÓN Publicamos un grupo de especies procedentes de herborizaciónes realizadas en la Península Ibérica. Aportamos detalles de substrato, localidad, fecha de las colecciones y datos de altitud. Estos datos son necesarios para ampliar el catálogo florístico, ecoló- gico y fenológico de la Península Ibérica. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS Las referencias a los protólogos y sinónimos pueden encontrarse en cualquiera de las obras de MARTIN & ALEXOPOULOS (1969), FARR (1976), NANNENGA-BREMEKAMP (1991) y LADO (2001). -
A Phylogenetic Overview of the Family Pyronemataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales)
mycological research 111 (2007) 549–571 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/mycres A phylogenetic overview of the family Pyronemataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales) Brian A. PERRY*, Karen HANSENy, Donald H. PFISTER Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA article info abstract Article history: Partial sequences of nuLSU rDNA were obtained to investigate the phylogenetic relation- Received 11 September 2006 ships of Pyronemataceae, the largest and least studied family of Pezizales. The dataset includes Received in revised form sequences for 162 species from 51 genera of Pyronemataceae, and 39 species from an addi- 14 February 2007 tional 13 families of Pezizales. Parsimony, ML, and Bayesian analyses suggest that Pyronema- Accepted 14 March 2007 taceae is not monophyletic as it is currently circumscribed. Ascodesmidaceae is nested within Published online 23 March 2007 Pyronemataceae, and several pyronemataceous taxa are resolved outside the family. Glaziella- Corresponding Editor: ceae forms the sister group to Pyronemataceae in ML analyses, but this relationship, as well as H. Thorsten Lumbsch those of Pyronemataceae to the other members of the lineage, are not resolved with support. Fourteen clades of pyronemataceous taxa are well supported and/or present in all recovered Keywords: trees. Several pyronemataceous genera are suggested to be non-monophyletic, including Bayesian analyses Anthracobia, Cheilymenia, Geopyxis, Humaria, Lasiobolidium, Neottiella, Octospora, Pulvinula, Discomycetes Stephensia, Tricharina, and Trichophaea. Cleistothecial and truffle or truffle-like ascomata Fungi forms appear to have evolved independently multiple times within Pyronemataceae. Results Maximum likelihood of these analyses do not support previous classifications of Pyronemataceae, and suggest that Molecular phylogeny morphological characters traditionally used to segregate the family into subfamilial groups are not phylogenetically informative above the genus level. -
CZECH MYCOLOGY Formerly Česká Mykologie Published Quarterly by the Czech Scientific Society for Mycology
f I VOLUME 4 7 I / [ “ I \~ \ DECEMBER 1994 M y c o l o g y 4 CZECH SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY FOR MYCOLOGY PRAHA J \A Y C n *n i Ptq l o v J < M ISSN 0009-0476 a r t NO l V ./<,G} Vol. 47, No. 4, Decem ber 1994 CZECH MYCOLOGY formerly Česká mykologie published quarterly by the Czech Scientific Society for Mycology EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief ZDENĚK POUZAR (Praha) Managing editor JAROSLAV KLÁN (Praha) VLADIMÍR ANTONÍN (Brno) JIŘÍ KUNERT (Olomouc) OLGA FASSATIOVÁ (Praha) LUDMILA MARVANOVA (Brno) ROSTISLAV FELLNER (Praha) PETR PIKÁLEK (Praha) JOSEF HERINK (Mnichovo Hradiště) MIRKO SVRČEK (Praha) Czech Mycology is an international scientific journal publishing papers in all aspects of mycology. Publication in the journal is open to members of the Czech Scientific Society for Mycology and non-members. Contributions to: Czech Mycology, National Museum, Department of Mycology, Václavské nám. 68, 115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic. Phone: 02/24230485 SUBSCRIPTION. Annual subscription is Kč 180,- (including postage). The annual sub scription for abroad is US $80,- (including postage). The annual membership fee of the Czech Scientific Society for Mycology (Kč 160,- or US $60,- for foreigners) includes the journal without any other additional payment. For subscriptions, address changes, pay ment and further information please contact The Czech Scientific Society for Mycology, P.O.Box 106, 111 21 Praha 1, Czech Republic. Copyright © The Czech Scientific Society for Mycology, Prague, 1994 No. 3 of the vol. 47 of Czech Mycology appeared in Juni 17, 1994 CZECH MYCOLOGY Publication of the Czech Scientific Society for Mycology Volume 47 December 1994 Number 4 Melastiza (Boud.) comb, et stat. -
Systematic Study of Truffles in the Genus Ruhlandiella, with the Description of Two New Species from Patagonia
Mycologia ISSN: 0027-5514 (Print) 1557-2536 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/umyc20 Systematic study of truffles in the genus Ruhlandiella, with the description of two new species from Patagonia Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, Rosanne A. Healy, Alija B. Mujic, Donald H. Pfister, Eduardo R. Nouhra & Matthew E. Smith To cite this article: Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, Rosanne A. Healy, Alija B. Mujic, Donald H. Pfister, Eduardo R. Nouhra & Matthew E. Smith (2019): Systematic study of truffles in the genus Ruhlandiella, with the description of two new species from Patagonia, Mycologia To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2019.1574490 Published online: 01 Apr 2019. Submit your article to this journal View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=umyc20 MYCOLOGIA https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2019.1574490 Systematic study of truffles in the genus Ruhlandiella, with the description of two new species from Patagonia Nattapol Kraisitudomsook a, Rosanne A. Healy a, Alija B. Mujic a, Donald H. Pfister b, Eduardo R. Nouhrac, and Matthew E. Smith a aDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611; bDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; cInstituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, CC 495, Argentina ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Ruhlandiella is a genus of exothecial, ectomycorrhizal fungi in the order Pezizales. Ascomata of Received 20 April 2018 exothecial fungi typically lack a peridium and are covered with a hymenial layer instead. Accepted 23 January 2019 Ruhlandiella species have nonoperculate asci and highly ornamented ascospores. -
Sp. Nov. from a Tropical Cloud Forest in Mexico
MYCOTAXON ISSN (print) 0093-4666 (online) 2154-8889 Mycotaxon, Ltd. ©2021 January–March 2021—Volume 136, pp. 97–106 https://doi.org/10.5248/136.97 Smardaea isoldae sp. nov. from a tropical cloud forest in Mexico Tania Raymundo & Ricardo Valenzuela* Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Plan de Ayala y Carpio s/n Col. Santo Tomas, México, D.F. 11340, México * Correspondence to: [email protected] Abstract—Smardaea isoldae is described from Sierra Madre Oriental, Hidalgo State, Mexico. The new species is distinguished by its olivaceous coloration, habit on dead wood, and tropical cloud forest habitat. The holotype is deposited in ENCB Herbarium. A key to Smardaea species is presented. Key words— Pyronemataceae, Pezizales, Pezizomycetes, taxonomy Introduction Smardaea was described by Svrček (1969) based on the type species Ascobolus amethystinus W. Phillips. The genus is characterized by its discoid to cupuliform apothecia and purple, blue purple, violet, dark violet, black purple to black colors. The ectal excipulum comprises globose or angular cells and the medullary excipulum is composed of interwoven septate hyphae. The operculate asci are cylindrical with inamyloid apices and the ascospores are globose, ellipsoid or fusoid with smooth, verrucose, or tuberculate walls. The apothecia are found on sandy soil, leaf litter, mosses, and decayed wood. The genus at present includes 10 species, described from Europe, Australia, and Asia: Smardaea amethystina (W. Phillips) Svrček, S. australis P.S. Catches. & D.E.A. Catches., S. marchica (Benkert & J. Moravec) Benkert, S. microspora J.Z. Cao & al, S. ovalispora (Grelet) Van Vooren, S. planchonis (Dunal ex Boud.) Korf & W.Y.