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Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961

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Helotium allantosporum Dennis, Kew Bull. 15 303 (1961)

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Dennis
Dennis
1961
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Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961
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Helotium allantosporum
Ad cortices arborum frondosarum, Huia, Auckland, [New Zealand] 4.5.1957, J. D. Atkinson PDD 19034 (typus)

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allantosporum

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Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961

Apothecia subsparsa, superficialia, brevissime stipitata, umbrina, leviter pubcrula, 2.5 mm. lata, margine integra. Asci cylindracco-clavati, apice jodo non tincti, octospori, 60-70 x 5 µ; ascosporae oblongato-ellipsoideae vel allantoideae, distichae, continuae, 8-9 x 1.5 µ; paraphyses filiformes, 1-1.5 µ crassae, apicem versus baud incrassatae.
Flesh dark brown throughout, composed of loosely woven purplish-brown hyphae 3-4 µ wide; excipulum composed of parallel, brown, thin-walled hyphae lying at a low angle to the surface, their tips running out into 1-2celled cylindrical hairs, with the tip cell inflated to 8-10 µ diameter. These hairs recall those of Chlorosplenium versiforme but the fungus completely lacks green or olive tints and can scarcely be referred to that genus.
Ad cortices arborum frondosarum, Huia, Auckland, 4.5.1957, J. D. Atkinson 19034 (typus).

Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961

[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] additional specimens in Kew, duplicates from PDD 19412, 45502

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Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961
Helotium allantosporum Dennis (1961)
Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961
Helotium allantosporum Dennis 1961

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Ad cortices arborum frondosarum, Huia, Auckland, [New Zealand] 4.5.1957, J. D. Atkinson PDD 19034 (typus)

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