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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951

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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 79 59 (1951)
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951

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New Zealand
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Dingley
Dingley
1951
59
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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae
Habitat: On pileus of Polyporus sp. [New Zealand] Auckland, Waitakere Ra., off Anawhata Rd., August, 1947, Joan M. Dingley. Type collection. PDD 6282

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novae-zealandiae

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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951

Subiculum effuse, white, pale yellow, byssoid, mycelium pale coloured. Peritliecia gregarious, superficial, rarely semi-immersed in stroma, globose sometimes pyriform, 0.3-0.5 mm., luteous or sulphur yellow, translucent when fresh, ostiole papillated; perithecial wall pseudoparenchymatous 30-40 µ thick, cells rectangular or cuboid 5-10 µ diameter, thin-walled, lightly pigmented ,yellow. Asci cylindrical, thin-walled, truncate 70-200 x 4-6 µ, -8-spored, uniseriate. Spores one-septate, equally divided into two cells, fnsiform, apiculate 27-45 x 4-6 µ hyaline and verrucose.
Distribution: New Zealand.
Subiculum effusum, album, byssoidum. Perithecia gregaria in subiculo, superficialia, globosa, vel pyriforma, 0.3-0-5 mm. lutea, ostiolum papillatum. Asci cylindrici, truncati 70-200 x 4-6 µ,. Sporae uni-septatae, fusiforme, apiculatae 27-45 x 4-6 µ, hyalinae verrucosae.
This species is separated from H. armeniacus Tul. by the superficially arranged yellow perithecia and large fusiforin spores. In growth form it is similar to H. roseus, but spores are much larger and perithecia yellow, instead of red.
On pileus of Polyporus sp. Auckland, Waitakere Ra., off Anawhata Rd., August, 1947, Joan M. Dingley. Type collection.

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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley (1951)
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley (1951)
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley (1951)
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley (1951)
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley (1951)

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Hypomyces novae-zealandiae Dingley 1951
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Habitat: On pileus of Polyporus sp. [New Zealand] Auckland, Waitakere Ra., off Anawhata Rd., August, 1947, Joan M. Dingley. Type collection. PDD 6282

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29 November 2006
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