Cosmospora zealandica (Cooke) Samuels & Nirenberg 1879

Details

Name scientific

Cosmospora zealandica (Cooke) Samuels & Nirenberg in Nirenberg & Samuels, Canad. J. Bot. 78 1483 (1879)

Preferred name

Geejayessia zealandica (Cooke) Schroers 2011

Taxonomy reference

Lombard, L.; van der Merwe, N.A.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. 2015: Generic concepts in Nectriaceae. Studies in Mycology 80: 189-245.

Nomenclature

Authors

(Cooke) Samuels & Nirenberg

Original authors

Cooke

Combination authors

Samuels & Nirenberg

Publication place

Nirenberg, H.I.; Samuels, G.J. 2000: Nectria and Fusarium. II. Cosmospora zealandica comb. nov. and its anamorph, Fusarium zealandicum sp. nov. Canadian Journal of Botany 78(11): 1482-1487.

Year published

1879

Publication page

1483

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Nectria zealandica Cooke 1879

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Cosmospora zealandica

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Sordariomycetes

Order

Hypocreales

Family

Nectriaceae

Genus

Cosmospora

Species

zealandica

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Carmichaelia arborea (G.Forst.) Druce

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005)

Descriptions

Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) 2005: Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. 4. Fungal Diversity Press.

Cosmospora zealandica (Cooke) Samuels & Nirenberg 1879

Description

Type: Corticolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata stromatic, perithecial, aggregated in clusters, globose, scarlet fading to a pinkish red, usually warty, 0.2–0.3 mm in diameter, ostiole surrounded by a darker zone, papillate, superficial, on an erumpent stroma 0.5–1 mm in diameter; on bark on stems. Asci clavate to cylindrical, 80–100 × 8–12 μm, 4–8-spored. Ascospores oval to elliptical, 1-septate, 12–22 × 5–8 μm, smooth, hyaline. Macroconidia subcylindrical, falcate, 3–5-septate, 27–80 × 2–3 μm, smooth, hyaline, apical cell markedly tapering, foot cell elongated. Microconidia none.

Distribution

Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Taupo, Taranaki, Wellington, Fiordland, Mid Canterbury.; 1st Record: Cooke (1879: as Nectria zealandica).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: None. Probably saprobic.; Host(s): Carmichaelia arborea, Hoheria lyallii, H. populnea, Myrsine divaricata, Plagianthus regius, Podocarpus hallii.