Jc. Coetzee et A. Eicker, 1ST REPORT OF TRICHOPHAEA-ABUNDANS AND THE TELEMORPH OF PEZIZA-OSTRACODERMA ASSOCIATED WITH MUSHROOM CULTIVATION IN SOUTH-AFRICA, South African journal of botany, 60(2), 1994, pp. 132-133
Trichophaea abundans (Karst.) Boud., its anamorph Dichobotrys abundans
Hennebert and the teleomorph of Peziza ostracoderma Korf are reported
from South Africa for the first time. Without a microscopic examinati
on these fungi are not easily distinguished from a number of other fun
gal contaminants of mushroom beds and care should be taken with the id
entification of these organisms.