Helotium subcinnabarinum Dennis 1961
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Helotium subcinnabarinum Dennis, Kew Bull. 15 310 (1961)
Nomenclature
Dennis
Dennis
1961
310
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Helotium subcinnabarinum Dennis 1961
NZ holotype
species
Helotium subcinnabarinum
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Descriptions
Helotium subcinnabarinum Dennis 1961
Apothecia sparsa, stipitata, cinnabarina ('English Red' vel 'Dragon's Blood Red', Ridgway), cupula planiuscula, latit. 1-2 mm., stipes subaequalis, altit. 1-2 mm., deorsum leviter flocculosus. Asci cylindraceoclavati, 70-80 x 6 µ, octospori, obturaculo minimo jodo obsolete vel vix coerulescente; ascosporae eilipticae vel clavatae, 8-9 x 2-2.5 µ; paraphyses gracilescentes, crassit 1.5 µ.
The structure is somewhat intermediate between that of an Helotiun and a Phialea, with the flesh composed of slender interwoven hyphae with slightly gelatinised walls, the hyphae becoming almost parallel but still undulating at a low angle to the surface in the excipulum. The red pigment is unaffected by ammonia but completely decolorised by lacto-phenol.
Supra folia Elaeocarpi dentati, Harihari, Westland, 8.11.1954, Dingley 19052 (typus).
Helotium subcinnabarinum Dennis 1961
[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Type material at Kew with very few apothecia. Receptacle translucent ornage brown, glabrous; stipe quite long and broad, cylindric, lower part of stipe with dense weft of fine, white mycelium. Does not seem right for Rutstroemiaceae - No sign of any stromatic development on these leaves, and leaves partly decomposed.
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typification
Supra folia Elaeocarpi dentati, Harihari, Westland, [New Zealand] 8. - 1954, Dingley PDD 19052 (typus).
Metadata
1cb1acea-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
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22 May 2002
