Harknessia eucrypta (Cooke & Massee) Nag Raj & DiCosmo 1981

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Name scientific

Harknessia eucrypta (Cooke & Massee) Nag Raj & DiCosmo 1981

Preferred name

Harknessia eucrypta (Cooke & Massee) Nag Raj & DiCosmo 1981

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Anon

Nomenclature

Authors

(Cooke & Massee) Nag Raj & DiCosmo

Original authors

Cooke & Massee

Combination authors

Nag Raj & DiCosmo

Publication place

Nag Raj, T.R.; DiCosmo, F. 1981: A monograph of Harknessia and Mastigosporella with notes on associated teleomorphs. Bibliotheca Mycologica. 80.

Year published

1981

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Chaetomella eucrypta Cooke & Massee 1890

Type locality

NZ holotype

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Harknessia eucrypta

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Sordariomycetes

Order

Diaporthales

Family

Harknessiaceae

Genus

Harknessia

Species

eucrypta

Synonyms

Chaetomella eucrypta Cooke & Massee 1890

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

Cooke, M.C. (1890)

has host

Metrosideros robusta A.Cunn.

Anonymous (2011)

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

Cooke, M.C. (1890)

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

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

has host

Metrosideros excelsa Gaertn.

McKenzie, E.H.C.; Buchanan, P.K.; Johnston, P.R. (1999)

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

Nag Raj, T.R.; DiCosmo, F. (1981)

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

Pennycook, S.R. (1989)

has host

Knightia

PDD (1 records from New Zealand.)

Descriptions

Cooke, M.C. 1890: New Zealand fungi. Grevillea 19(89): 1-4.

Chaetomella eucrypta Cooke & Massee 1890

Latin

Peritheciis immersis, demure erumpentibus, membranaceis, olivaceis, scope subcupularibus, setosis; setis paucis, strictis, septatis; sporulis amygdaloideis, atro-olivaceis, 16 x 10 µ, plerumque ad basim hyalino-apiculatis.

Typification

On dead leaves of Knightia excelsa. New Zealand. (Colenso 864-1043.)

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.

Harknessia eucrypta (Cooke & Massee) Nag Raj & DiCosmo 1981

Description

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata pycnidial, scattered to gregarious, subepidermal, immersed becoming erumpent, oval to subglobose, brown, up to 0.1 mm in diameter, opening by an irregular fissure; on upper surfaces of leaves. Conidia ventricose, straight or slightly curved, 0-septate, 19–23 × 9–11 μm, smooth, olivaceous brown; basal appendage cylindrical, flexuous, 6–16 × 2–3 μm, smooth, hyaline.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa.; 1st Record: Cooke (1890a: as Chaetomella eucrypta).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: None.; Host(s): Knightia excelsa, Metrosideros excelsa, M. kermadecensis.

Johnston, P.R. 2010: Kew Type Specimens - images and notes from P.R. Johnston, 2010.