Other specimens examined : On blue hare dung

• Main Authors: (nc186154), M J J Richardson, M, Richardson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Sutherland; Lepus timidus; mountain hare
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1036.3102; http://www.mycotaxon.com/resources/checklists/xCoprophil/references/55%20Coniochaeta%201998.pdf

Coniochaeta polymegasperma sp. nov. is described from hare dung from Sutherland, Orkney and Inverness. With 64-spored asci, it differs from other Coniochaeta spp. with asci with more than eight spores by its much larger spores. Delitschia trichodelitschioides sp. nov. is described from hare dung from Sutherland and Inverness, differing from other Delitschia spp. in its distinctively setose pseudothecial neck. While examining dung samples from Orkney, as a contribution to a survey of Orcadian fungi being conducted by the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, a Coniochaeta with 64-spored asci was observed on dung of the mountain or blue hare (Lepus timidus L.) which could not be identified as a described species. Samples were collected and dried on 16 Aug. 1992, and rehydrated and incubated in Aug. 1996. Perithecia were found within a day or two of rehydration, so it is assumed that the fungus had already developed on the pellets in the field when collected. There was no new growth of the fungus on incubation, and a complete description could not be obtained. The fungus was collected again in 1997 on mountain hare dung collected in Sutherland. It also was present when collected, and developed to provide good material on incubation. Coniochaeta polymegasperma