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Microthecium fimicola
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Microthecium fimicola

Microthecium fimicola is a species of ascomycete fungus in the family Ceratostomataceae. It is characterised by ascomata (sexual fruiting bodies) that have a distinct opening (an ostiole) and by dark, thick-walled ascospores whose surfaces are coarsely net-like (reticulate). Each spore has a pronounced, pointed germ pore at both ends, a feature used to separate it from similar species. Among the Microthecium species that share the same combination of an ostiole and reticulate spores (M. internum and M. quadrangulatum)...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1360833.