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Octospora rubens (Boud.) M. M. Moser
in Gams, Kleine Kryptogamenflora, Edn 3 (Stuttgart) 2a: 111 (1963)
Mycobank: MB#335279

Basionym: Humaria rubens Boud., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 12: 13 (1896)
Holotype: Septembre plurimis annis reperi ad terram argilloso-sabulosam ad latera viarum sylvæ. Montmorency. (MNHN-PC)
Octospora rubens, apothecium Octospora rubens, ascus with ascospores
1: Octospora rubens, apothecium with Ceratodon purpureus. Image by Marcel Vega. 2: Octospora rubens, ascus with ascospores
Apothecia: 1-3 mm in diameter, hymenium deep-red, tomato-red, deep-salmon-red, usually with conspicuous membranaceous margin
Paraphyses: apically with large granular, pigmented content
Asci: 200-280 x 13-19 µm, 8-spored, spores uniseriate
Ascospores: ellipsoid, (14-)15-18(-20) x 10-12(-14) µm, smooth
Host: Ceratodon purpureus
Habitat: on sandy soil, especially in dry grassland and dry heathland
Distribution: Belgium (De Meulder 1994), Finland, France, Germany (scattered, BB, HH, MV, RP, SH, TH), Hungary, Iceland (Pfister & Eyjólfsdóttir 2007), Sweden (Isaksson 2022), United States
Note: O. rubens and O. rustica have indistinguishable spores and also share the same host, Ceratodon purpureus. The best distinguishing features are the color of the apothecia (reddish to pinkish in O. rubens, orange in O. rustica) and the paraphyses (with many vacuoles and orange granules in O. rubens without such pigmentet granules in O. rustica, see Fig. 3)


References:
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  • Benkert, D. 2009. Zwei neue Arten bryophiler Pezizales (Ascomycota) aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Auflistung der aus Deutschland bisher nachgewiesenen Arten mit Kurzdiagnostik. - Zeitschrift für Mykologie 75: 51-68.
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  • Pfister D.H. & Eyjólfsdóttir G. G. 2007. New records of cup-fungi from Iceland with comments on some previously reported species. - Nordic Journal of Botany 25: 104–112.
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  • Vega, M. 2017. Vorläufige Checkliste der in Hamburg vorkommenden Moosbecher-Arten aus den Gattungen Lamprospora, Neottiella, Octospora und Octosporopsis. - Boletus 38: 27-33.
Images:
Paraphyses Octospora rubens
3: Paraphyses of Octospora rubens (left) and Octospora rustica (right) 4: Octospora rubens, ascus with ascospores

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