THE GENUS WAWELIA

Members of this genus are coprophilous. Images of W. regia Namyslowski are given on the left. Recent information on the genus can be found below.
* Lundqvist, N. 1992. Wawelia effusa Lundqvist, spec. nov. (Xylariaceae). Persoonia 14: 417-423.
* Minter, D. W., and J. Webster. 1983. Wawelia octospora sp. nov., a xerophilous and coprophilous member of the Xylariaceae. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 80: 370-373.

This genus has the following characteristics:

stromatal tissue quantity: distributed above, around, and beneath perithecia
stromatal layers: unipartite
stromatal surface level: erumpent or superficial
stromatal interior: essentially homogeneous
stromatal orange granules surrounding perithecia: absent
stromatal KOH pigments: absent
stromatal conidium-bearing discs: absent
stromatal bases: stipitate or, if sessile, conspicuously constricted
stromatal size: less than 1 cm diam
stromatal aggregation: not forming a crust
stromatal shapes: other than wiry
coremial pegs or remnants: absent
subiculum: absent
substrates: associated with dung
ascomatal number per stroma: mostly multiperitheciate
ascomatal ostioles: present
ascomatal configurations: not valsoid
ascomatal orientation: mostly oriented vertically or mostly oriented horizontally
ascal apical rings: absent
ascus height vs width: unknown
ascospore cell number: one-celled
ascospore shapes: other than cuboid
ascospore color: colored
ascospore ornamentation: smooth
ascospore germination site morphology: slit-like
perispore dehiscence: indehiscent
anamorphs: unknown