taxonID	type	description	language	source
4161D2E742F15803A5E5D31224133D0D.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3, 4	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
4161D2E742F15803A5E5D31224133D0D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Damingshan National Nature Reserve, in China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
4161D2E742F15803A5E5D31224133D0D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. It is characterized by the cupulate ascomata, the surface of hymenium with brownish orange to light brown color, external surface and stipe (when present) densely covered with grey tomentum and tree-like ridges, the elliptical ascospore is warty under SEM, (21.7) 22.5 – 32.0 (34.6) × (11.0) 12.1 – 14.7 (16.5) μm.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
4161D2E742F15803A5E5D31224133D0D.taxon	description	Description. Apothecium cupulate, up to 19 – 27 mm in diameter, 20 – 30 mm high, subsessile to stipitate (Fig. 2 a, b). Hymenium surface glabrous, without ornamentation or wrinkled, brownish orange (6 C 6) to light brown (6 D 7), brown-dark, brown (6 E 8 – 6 F 8) after drying, margin with light brown (6 D 5) tomentum. External surface reddish brown-dark brown (7 D 8 – 7 F 8), brownish grey (8 F 2) after drying. Stipe (when present) up to 2 – 20 mm long, 7.5 – 9 mm in width, densely covered with grey (8 D 1 – 8 F 1) tomentum and tree-like ridges extending all the way to the margin of the cup (Fig. 2 b, d). Flesh solid, wet, gelatinous at a high level, semitransparent, slight grey (8 B 1). Odor and taste not special. External hairs curved and flexuous, septate, glabrous, brown (6 E 7) with an olive tint (1 E 8), 5 – 8.5 μm in diameter, with obtuse end (Fig. 3 g, h). Ectal excipulum of textura angularis made up of thick-walled cells, brownish to dark brown, 13 – 91 μm thick (Fig. 3 g), near the margin arranged in separable moniliform hair-like cells, 6.2 – 10.6 μm diam (Figs 3 f, 4 g). Medullary excipulum of loose textura intricata immersed in a highly gelatinous matrix, approximately 380 – 1000 μm, subhyaline to yellowish white (2 A 2), composed of 2 – 4.2 μm broad hyphae (Figs 3 c, 4 f). Subhymenium of a dense textura intricata of closely septate hyphae, olive brown (4 D 7 – 4 D 6), 50 – 80 μm thick. Asci cylindrical, suboperculate, 8 - spored, rarely with 7 spores, thick-walled, inamyloid, 322 – 401 (426) × 11.0 – 15.6 (Fig. 3 j – m, 4 a). Paraphyses 1.5 – 3 μm diam, filiform, septate, branched, slightly enlarged or narrowed near apex (Figs 3 d, 4 d). Ascospores uniseriate, ellipsoid, equilateral, hyaline, very finely warty under light microscope (× 1000, Fig. 3 i), verrucose to vermicular under scanning electron microscope (Fig. 16 b), with 1 – 2 guttules, [40 / 5 / 2] (21.7) 22.5 – 32.0 (34.6) × (11.0) 12.1 – 14.7 (16.5) μm, Q = (1.7) 1.8 – 2.3 (2.6), Q av = 2.0. Hymenial hairs cylindrical, comparable in length to the paraphyses, non-septate, 2.1 – 4.4 μm in diameter, concolor with paraphyses due to the homogeneous pigments, agglutinating or intermingle with paraphyses to bundles, tips rounded to slightly subcapitate, straight or curved, unbranched (Figs 3 e, 4 c). Anamorph unknown.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
4161D2E742F15803A5E5D31224133D0D.taxon	distribution	Geographic distribution. So far, only known from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
B0BAC2CAE50F5A9E826D898D31D8E508.taxon	description	Figs 5, 6, 7	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
B0BAC2CAE50F5A9E826D898D31D8E508.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Huaping National Nature Reserve, in China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
B0BAC2CAE50F5A9E826D898D31D8E508.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. It is characterized by having ascomata, are clustered, disc-shaped, or margin irregular disc-shaped, and the outer surface of the apothecium is adorned with brown-orange to brownish-red particles; under scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation, the elliptical ascospores have a smooth surface, with a size of 17.3 – 21.4 (23.1) × 8.1 – 10.9 (11.7) μm, and 7 - or 8 - spored asci with a size of 363 – 388 (425.8) × 9.2 – 14.1 μm.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
B0BAC2CAE50F5A9E826D898D31D8E508.taxon	description	Description. Apothecium clustered, sometimes single, disc-shaped or margin irregular disc-shaped, reaching a diameter of 18 – 26 mm, with a thickness of 1 mm, subsessile (Fig. 5 a). Hymenium surface has wart-like protrusions, some of which are adorned with tiny tomentum, dark brown (Fig. 5 b, e). External surface shares a similar color to the hymenium, being relatively rough and adorned with brownish-orange to brownish-red particles, which are typically confined to the cup margin but occasionally cover the entire outer surface, relatively tough in texture (Fig. 6 c, d). Odor and taste not special. External hairs are nearly cylindrical, septate, with a diameter ranging from (5.1) 6.0 – 7.2 (7.5) μm, slightly curved, and smooth. They originate from the outer cortical layer and appear brown due to epidermal pigmentation, with walls thickened up to 1 μm (Figs 6 f – h, 7 h). Ectal excipulum consists of a textura angularis, thick-walled cells that are dark brown and measuring 115 – 135 μm, with slightly thick walls. Medullary excipulum composed of a textura intricata, measuring 480 – 550 μm in thickness, subhyaline to yellowish white, and consisting of hyphae 4.1 – 7.0 μm in diameter (Figs 6 c, 7 g). Subhymenium is a dense textura intricata of closely septate hyphae, olive-colored (2 F 5), with a thickness of (46.6) 62.2 – 110 μm. Hymenium (329.5) 363.5 – 422.8 μm thick. Asci cylindrical, suboperculate, 8 - spored (occasionally with 7 spores), thick-walled, inamyloid, measuring 363 – 388 (425.8) × 9.2 – 14.1 μm (Figs 6 i, j, 7 a). Paraphyses 1.9 – 3.4 μm in diameter, filiform, septate, branched, and slightly enlarged or narrowed near the apex (Figs 6 l – m, 7 f). Ascospores uniseriate, ellipsoid, equilateral, hyaline, smooth, usually contain 1 – 2 guttules and measuring [37 / 6 / 2] 17.3 – 21.4 (23.1) × 8.1 – 10.9 (11.7) μm (Figs 6 d, e, 7 b), with Q values = (1.5) 1.7 – 2.2 (2.4) and an average Q value of 2. Crystals few to abundant, present among the hairs and in the outer surface of the ectal excipulum. Hymenial hairs cylindrical, comparable in length with paraphyses, non-septate but with a single septum in the basal part, 2.2 – 3.3 μm wide, concolor with paraphyses due to the homogeneous pigments, tips rounded, straight to slightly curved, unbranched (Figs 6 k, 7 e). Anamorph unknown.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
B0BAC2CAE50F5A9E826D898D31D8E508.taxon	distribution	Geographic distribution. By now, only known from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
2CB95315BA7F52B880BB120400965FD1.taxon	description	Fig. 8	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
2CB95315BA7F52B880BB120400965FD1.taxon	distribution	Geographic distribution. Currently known in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
A97FD638D97856C4AB24BE34E16F75D4.taxon	description	Figs 9, 10, 11	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
A97FD638D97856C4AB24BE34E16F75D4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ aureonigrescens ” refers to the yellowish to orangish color of hymenium surface when young, which changes to grayish black at maturity.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
A97FD638D97856C4AB24BE34E16F75D4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from other known Pseudoplectania species by combination of the following features: sessile ascomata, bowl-shaped, petal-shaped to irregular apothecium up to 25 mm in diameter, hymenium surface yellow-colored when young, changing to grey or black when mature; one type of external hairs straight to distinctly curved or flexuous (not coiled), paraphyses with a mostly straight and rarely diverticulated tip, crystals in the hymenium up to 19.5 μm wide, and smooth ascospores without a gelatinous sheath.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
A97FD638D97856C4AB24BE34E16F75D4.taxon	description	Description. Ascomata tiny to small, sessile. Apothecium bowl-shaped, petal-shaped to irregular, 5 – 24 mm in diameter, up to 10 mm high; margin entire and involute, cracked after drying. Hymenium surface yellow-tan (2 A 6), dirty orange (4 B 8) to golden brown (5 C 7) when young, glabrous, dull, plum grey (8 E 5), wine grey (9 E 3) to off-black (4 F 8) at maturity, color unchanging when bruised, cracked after drying. External surface velvety to strigose, off-black (4 F 8), densely covered with tomentum or short bristles, without ridges or crests. Stipe absent (Fig. 9 f). Subiculum off-black (4 F 8), cotton-like, dense, soft. Flesh thin, conch grey (22 B 1), cloud grey (15 C 1) to pewter grey (10 E 1). Odor and taste not special. Anamorph not observed. External hairs of one type, hyphoid, septate, cylindrical, straight to distinctly curved or flexuous (not coiled), brass brown (1 C 7), 4 – 9.5 μm in diameter, with slightly thick to thick walls, up to 2 μm thick, tips rounded, sometimes split to two protuberances, unbranched, surface smooth to slightly rough (Figs 10 b, 11 e). Ectal excipulum of a texture angularis, made up of properly to distinctly thick-walled (up to 3 μm) cells, measuring 5.5 – 23 × 3.5 – 13 μm, sub-hyaline, tawny (4 C 5), masala chai brown (4 D 7) to dark brown (5 E 8), and dull black (18 F 8), not or very slightly encrusted, thick-walled, up to 180 μm thick (Figs 10 a, f, 11 h). Medullary excipulum of loose textura intricata immersed in a gelatinous matrix, up to 335 μm thick, with hyphae septate, subhyaline or pale yellow (1 A 5), thin-walled, flexuous, branched, 2 – 4 (6) μm wide, tawny (4 C 5) to light brown (4 C 7), dark coffee brown (4 E 8) at low magnification (× 100, Fig. 10 a, e). Subhymenium of a dense textura intricata of septate hyphae, 2 – 4 μm wide, thin-walled, concolor with medullary excipulum, up to 80 μm thick, dark coffee brown (4 E 8) to dark brown (5 E 8) at low magnification (Fig. 10 a). Asci cylindrical, operculate, with a curved or flexuous, tapered base, 8 - spored, 195 – 335 × 10.5 – 14 μm, constricts at the junction of two ascospores, non-amyloid, apex mostly rounded, sometimes with a conical, eccentric, or non-eccentric protrusion (Figs 10 g – i, n, o, 11 a, b). Ascospores uniseriate, smooth, with thick walls, globose to subglobose, sub-hyaline to pale yellow (1 A 5), [60 / 4 / 2] (8.5) 9.5 – 11.5 (14) × (8.5) 9 – 11 (14) μm, Q value = (0.95) 1 – 1.1 (1.13) including the spore wall, non-amyloid, with or without one to multiple, globose to subglobose contents (Figs 10 p – s, 11 g). Paraphyses abundant, filiform, not or slightly extending the length of asci, septate, subcylindrical, simple to bifurcate, straight to slightly curved, sometimes anastomosed, branched both from the lower part and tips, dark khaki brown (5 D 6) to dark coffee brown (4 E 8) due to amorphous pigments, (1) 1.5 – 3 μm in diameter, tips rounded to finger-shaped, rarely with few protuberances or notches, mostly straight, sometimes slightly enlarged or curved, unbranched or branched 1 – 2 times (Figs 10 j, k, 11 d). Hymenial hairs cylindrical, long as the paraphyses, non-septate but with a single septum in the basal part, (1.5) 2 – 3.5 μm in diameter, concolor with the paraphyses due to the homogeneous pigments, tips rounded, straight to slightly curved, unbranched (Figs 10 l, m, 11 c). Subiculum dark coffee brown (4 E 8) to dark brown (5 E 8), septate, thick-walled, straight to curved or flexuous, mostly unbranched, rarely branched once, not encrusted, 4 – 6.5 μm in diameter, with a rounded tip (Figs 10 c, 11 f). Crystals in the hymenium rectangle to angular, sometimes cracked, roughly parallel to other elements in hymenium, concolor with the paraphyses, mainly of two types, although intermediates forms may exist: 1) thin, 1.9 – 4.5 μm in diameter, up to 24.5 μm long; 2) thick, 7 – 19.5 μm in diameter, up to 27.5 μm long (Fig. 10 d).	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
A97FD638D97856C4AB24BE34E16F75D4.taxon	distribution	Geographic distribution. So far, only known from Fujian Province, China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
3DFF131A0C185445B27AE04CA09AB366.taxon	description	Fig. 12	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
3DFF131A0C185445B27AE04CA09AB366.taxon	distribution	Geographic distribution. Currently known in Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
C7A1C643863C52E9917F04E87840E669.taxon	description	Figs 13, 14, 15	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
C7A1C643863C52E9917F04E87840E669.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ auricularioides ” refers to the appearance and habitat of this species similar to Auricularia species.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
C7A1C643863C52E9917F04E87840E669.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from other known Urnula species by the combination of the following features: external surface velvety to warty and with ridges, hymenium surface with verrucose bulges to intestinal folds when mature, two types of external hairs composed of strongly encrusted true hairs and smooth, slender short hairs, ellipsoid to bean-shaped, smaller ascospores (25 – 30.5 × 9 – 11 μm).	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
C7A1C643863C52E9917F04E87840E669.taxon	description	Description. Ascomata small to medium-sized, subsessile to distinctly stipitate. Apothecium cupulate, bowl-shaped to long funnel-shaped, up to 15 – 60 mm in diameter, 20 – 30 mm in high; margin entire and involute. Hymenium surface glabrous, initially without ornamentation or wrinkled, with verrucose bulges to intestinal folds at maturity, burlywood (3 E 8), yellowish-brown (4 D 8) to rosy brown (6 E 8), lighter in margin, color unchanging when bruised, darkening and cracked after drying. External surface velvety, densely dotted with droppable and fine grey (9 D 1) warts, with radial and forked ridges or crests not reaching margin, tapering towards the base or stipe, slate grey (12 D 1), dim grey (21 D 1) to off-black (4 F 8), covered by subiculum. Stipe (when present) up to 5 mm in diameter, 19 mm in high, uneven or foveolate, concolor with the external surface. Subiculum off-black (4 F 8), mussel base byssal-like, dense, soft, and fibrous, mixed or flexuous. Flesh thin, gelatinous, elastic, coco-nata white (1 A 1). Odor and taste not special. Anamorph not observed. External hairs mainly of two types, although intermediates forms may exist: 1) short, hyphoid, septate, cylindrical, slightly to distinctly curved or flexuous, subhyaline with a very pale yellow tint but occasionally dark brown (5 E 8) to dull black (18 F 8) for a granular intracellular pigment in part, thin-walled, 2 – 4 μm in diameter, subcylindrical, tips rounded to slightly subcapitate, surface smooth (Figs 14 b, 15 e); 2) long, true hairs, undulated, almost non-septate, some branched, tips rounded to truncated, surface unevenly covered by a granular to agglomerate encrustation, 4 – 7 μm in diameter, with moderately thick walls, up to 1 μm thick, light brown (4 C 7) or grayish olive (29 D 5) to dark brown (5 E 8) and off-black (4 F 8) (Figs 14 c, 15 f). Ectal excipulum of a textura subglobulosa to textura angularis, textura irregularis made up of properly thick-walled (up to 4 μm) cells up to 5 – 35 μm in length and / or width, tawny (4 C 5) to dark brown (5 E 8) and dull black (18 F 8), not or slightly encrusted, 95 – 240 μm thick (Fig. 14 f). Medullary excipulum of a loose textura intricata immersed in a highly gelatinous matrix, approximately 260 – 510 μm thick (Figs 14 e, 15 h), mainly with two types of hyphae: I) short, septate, subhyaline or pale yellow (1 A 5), thin-walled, arboriform and flexuous, 2 – 3.5 μm in wide; II) long (relative to type I), septate, concolor with type I hyphae, thin-walled, cylindrical, almost no branched, roughly parallel to subhymenium, 1.5 – 3 (5) μm in wide. Subhymenium of a dense textura intricata of closely septate hyphae, surface smooth, up to 3 μm in diameter, thick-walled, tawny (4 C 5) to light brown (4 C 7), dark brown (5 E 8) at low magnification, 50 – 220 μm thick (Fig. 14 d). Asci cylindrical, operculate, with a tapered or attenuated base, rounded at apex, 8 - spored, 240 – 410 × 11 – 18 μm, non-amyloid (Figs 14 g – i, 15 a). Ascospores uniseriate, smooth, sometimes curved, thick-walled, rounded at both ends, heterogeneous in shapes depending on the spacial position and growth stage of the spores, pale yellow (1 A 5) or chartreuse (30 A 7) to grayish olive (29 D 5), incipiently ellipsoid to allantoid with walls up to 3 μm thick, becoming oblong to bean-shaped with walls 1 – 2.5 μm thick, [40 / 4 / 2] (23.5) 25 – 30.5 (32) × (8.5) 9 – 11 (11.5) μm, Q values = (2.31) 2.46 – 3.1 (3.3), non-amyloid, with 0 – 5 lipid bodies (Figs 14 i, k, l, 15 c). Paraphyses filiform, not or slightly extending the length of asci, septate, cylindrical, straight to slightly curved, dark coffee brown (4 E 8) due to the extracellular amorphous pigments, darkening toward the upper part but deposited by dense off-black (18 F 8) pigments near the base, (1) 1.5 – 2.5 μm in diameter, tips rounded to finger-shaped, sometimes branched 1 – 3 times (Figs 14 m, n, 15 d). Hymenial hairs abundant, cylindrical, long as the paraphyses, non-septate, 2.5 – 3.5 (4.5) μm in diameter, concolor with the paraphyses due to the homogeneous pigments, agglutinating or intermingle with the paraphyses to bundles, tips rounded to slightly subcapitate, straight, curved, or flexuous to almost hooked (Figs 14 o, 15 b). Subiculum grayish olive (29 D 5), tawny (4 C 5), and rosy brown (6 E 8) to dark brown (5 E 8), septate, with a slightly thick wall, up to 1 μm thick, slightly curved, unbranched, not or slightly encrusted by an extracellular dark brown (5 E 8) to dull black (18 F 8) pigment, (2) 4.5 – 6 μm in diameter (Figs 14 p, 15 g).	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
C7A1C643863C52E9917F04E87840E669.taxon	distribution	Geographic distribution. So far, only known from Fujian Province, China.	en	Liu, Jin Rong, Li, Deng, Chen, Si Ang, Zhang, Yan Cheng, Mou, Guang Fu, Liu, Yan, Zhou, Guang Rong, Tan, Zhou Rong, Zhang, Jian Hua (2025): Species diversity and systematic taxonomy of Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota, Pezizales), with an emphasis on subtropical regions of China. MycoKeys 121: 21-65, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.121.155432
