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Tibell, Sanja, Tibell, Leif, Pang, Ka-Lai & Jones, E. B. Gareth, 2020, A conspectus of the filamentous marine fungi of Sweden, Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) 63 (2), pp. 141-153 : 142

3. Amylocarpus encephaloides Curr., Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B. Biol. Sci. 9: 119 (1857–1859) ( Figure 1 )

Substrate and distribution: Marine wood. Ångermanland, Bohuslän, Medelpad, Västerbotten, Öland.

Notes: Reported by Henningsson (1974) from the Baltic. Further reports from the Baltic Coast ( Eriksson 2014) and also from the Swedish West Coast ( Tibell 2016).

Figures

Figure 1: Amylocarpus encephaloides. (A–B) Ascomata on the surface of wood. Scale bars = 500 µm. (C) Section of ascoma with centrum with ascospores. Scale bar = 130 µm. (D–E) Higher magnification of the ascoma wall. Scale bars = 30 µm (D) 20 µm (E). (F–I) Ascospores with radiating appendages. Rehydrated herbarium material (Santesson No. 11392, collected in 1956). Scale bars = 10 µm.