Two new species of Sarcoscypha (Sarcosyphaceae, Pezizales) from Taiwan Author Wang, Yei-Zeng Author Huang, Chun-Lin Author Wei, Jia-Ling text Phytotaxa 2016 2016-01-25 245 2 169 177 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.245.2.8 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.245.2.8 1179-3163 13677581 Sarcoscypha minuta Yei Z. Wang, C.L. Huang & J.L. Wei , sp. nov. Figs. 3 , 4 . MycoBank MB 814977. Type :— TAIWAN , New Taipei City , Beijishan , elev. 300 m , on fruit shell, 7 December 2014 , J.L. Wei ; Wei 14-264 ( Holotype , TNM F28831 ) . Apothecia gregarious, cyathiform to cupuliform, small, 1−5 mm diam., stipitate. Disc concave, Orange to Cadmium Yellow (Ridgway), margin crenulate, raised, 100−200 μm high, inrolled when dry. Receptacle paler, contracted below into a short stalk; 1−2 mm high, glabrous, surface with short hyphae protrusions, base with creamy white subiculum, hyphae 3−5 μm wide. Ectal excipulum thin, 25−50 μm thick, textura prismatica to textura porrecta, hyphae 2−5 μm wide, yellowish, extending out as short protrusions. Medullary excipulum 250−300 μm thick, white, of loose textura intricata , hyphae 2−4 μm wide. Hymenium layer 250−300 μm thick. Asci 8-spored, J−, cylindrical, 180−250 × 7−10 μm, base without croziers. Ascospores uniseriate, broadly ellipsoid, smooth, (15−)16−20(−22) × (7−)8−10 μm, containing a large guttule when fresh. Paraphyses filiform, slightly exceeding the asci, 2−5 μm wide, sparsely septate, apex simple. Conidia not seen. FIGURE 3. Sarcoscypha minuta (holotype, TNM F28831): (A) two asci, (B) apex of paraphyses, (C) ascospores, (D) a part of excipulum. Bar: 25 μm for A, B, D; 10 μm for C. Etymology :—referring to the small apothecia. Notes:— This species is characterized by the combination of very small apothecia, short asci and small ascospores with a large guttule. The closely related species, S. korfiana F.A. Harr. , also has small apothecia, but is with yellow hymenium, hairy stipe, and grows on woody substrates ( Zhuang 1993 ; Harrington 1997 ). Harrington (1997) cited a specimen of S. mesocyatha collected from the endocarp of a Myrsine species , however, it has larger ascospores with deep depression at both ends ( Zhuang 2000 ).