Table 3.
Thelebolus species and main morphological features (ascomata, asci and ascospores).
| Species | Ascomata | Number of asci per ascoma | Asci | Number of ascospores | Ascospores | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. coemansii | - | numerous | 85–110 × 20–25 μm, cylindrical-clavate | 8 | - | (13) |
| T. delicatusa | Subglobosus | - | - | - | - | (5) |
| T. dubius var. dubius | - | 3–5 | 40–45 × 24.4 μm, broadly ovate or oblong-ovate | 128 (?) | 6 × 4 μm, ellipsoid, rather pointed at the ends | (4) |
| T. dubius var. lagopi | 80–150 μm diam subglobosus | 10–16 | 87–100 × 25–33 μm, cylindrical-clavate | more than 200 | 6.2–7.6 × 3.6–4.3 μm, ellipsoid to ovoid | (4) |
| T. ellipsoideus | 17–46 μm diam, subglobosus or ovoid to ellipsoid | 1–8 (rarely up to 25) | 22 × 11–16 μm, shortly ellipsoid to subglobose | 8 | 5–9.2 × 4–5.3 μm, shortly-ellipsoid | (6) |
| T. globosus | 300–520 μm diam, subglobosus or ovoid to ellipsoid | 1–4 | 12–15 × 9–12 μm, irregular shortly ellipsoid to subglobose | 8 | 5–7.5 × 4.1–5.1 μm, broadly ellipsoid | (6) |
| T. hirsutusa | - | - | - | - | - | (2) |
| T. lignicola | - | - | - | 60–100 | 3.4 x 4–4.5 μm | (8) |
| T. microcarpus | 18–70 μm diam, globose to subglobose | 1–5 | 12–17 × 10–15 μm, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid | 8 | 5–9 × 3–4 μm, ellipsoid | (1) |
| T. microsporus | 45–500 μm diam, subglobosus, hemispheric or subcylindric | 5–100 | 80–125 × 20–26 μm, cylindrical to cylindrical-clavate | 8 | 6–10 × 3–5 | (4), (6), (7) |
| T. minutissimusa | - | - | - | - | - | (3) |
| T. monoascus | 150–200 μm diam, hemispheric | 1 | 150–170 μm | 500 | 5–6.5 × 4– 4.5 μm, ovate | (9) |
| T. pilosus | - | 1 | 300 × 250 μm | about 100 | 9–11 × 7– 8 μm | (11) |
| T. polysporus | 60–200 μm diam | 2–5 | 50–160 × 18–90 μm, subellipsoid to ovoid or sacciform | 256 | 5–7.5 × 3–4 μm, ovoid to oblong-ellipsoidal | (4), (7), (13) |
| T. stercoreus | 135–400 μm diam, ellipsoid to ovoid or subglobose | 1, rarely 2–3 | 165–262 × 120–205 μm, ellipsoid to ovoid or subglobose | up to 3 000 spores | 5 –7.7 × 2.3–4.5 μm, spores smooth, broadly elliptic, ellipsoid or oblong | (4), (7), (13) |
| T. striatus | - | - | 124–162 × 9–10.8 μm, elongate cylindrical | 8 | 11.3–13.5 × 6–6.7 μm, narrow ellipsoid | (12) |
| T. terrestris | - | - | - | - | 18.4–25.6 × 8–9.6 μm | (10) |
(1) Crous et al. 2015, (2) De Lamarck & De Candolle 1815, (3) De Schweinitz 1834, (4) Doveri 2004, (5) Fries 1823, (6) de Hoog et al. 2005, (7) Kimbrough 1981, (8) Lloyd 1918, (9) Mouton 1886, (10) Pfister 1993, (11) Schroeter 1908, (12) Thind et al. 1959, (13) Van Brummelen 1998.
aThe original descriptions do not contain any information about the microscopic structures.