Ophiostoma rostrocoronatum (R.W. Davidson & Eslyn) de Hoog & R.J.Scheff. 1984

Details

Name scientific

Ophiostoma rostrocoronatum (R.W. Davidson & Eslyn) de Hoog & R.J.Scheff., Mycologia 76 297 (1984)

Preferred name

Jamesreidia rostrocoronata (R.W. Davidson & Eslyn) M. Procter & Z.W. de Beer 2022

Nomenclature

Combination authors

de Hoog & R.J.Scheff.

Original authors

R.W. Davidson & Eslyn

Authors

(R.W. Davidson & Eslyn) de Hoog & R.J.Scheff.

Publication place

de Hoog, G.S.; Scheffer, R.J. 1984: Ceratocystis versus Ophiostoma: a reappraisal. Mycologia 76(2): 292-299.

Year published

1984

Publication page

297

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Ceratocystis rostrocoronata R.W. Davidson & Eslyn 1976

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Ophiostoma rostrocoronatum

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Sordariomycetes

Order

Ophiostomatales

Family

Ophiostomataceae

Genus

Ophiostoma

Species

rostrocoronatum

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Eucalyptus

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

has host

Eucalyptus

Hutchison, L.J.; Reid, J. (1988)

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.

Ophiostoma rostrocoronatum (R.W. Davidson & Eslyn) de Hoog & R.J.Scheff. 1984

Description

Type: Xylophilous Fungi; Description: Ascomata perithecial, scattered, superficial, globose to ellipsoidal with long necks, black, 0.1–0.15 mm in diameter, perithecial neck straight or curved, annulate, black, 200–600 μm long, ostiolar hyphae divergent, 5–15 μm long, hyaline; in bark beetle galleries in inner bark or outer sapwood and as hyphae in sapwood. Asci evanescent. Ascospores allantoid, 0-septate, 3–5 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline, emerging from the ostiole and collecting in a hyaline droplet. Conidiogenous cells denticulate. Conidia produced sympodially upon the denticles, ovoid to fusiform, 0-septate, 2–5 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline, base truncate giving a triangular appearance.

Distribution

Distribution: Auckland.; 1st Record: Hutchison & Reid (1988a: as Ceratocystis rostrocoronata).

Notes

Pathogenicity

Significance: None. Does not stain wood.; Host(s): Eucalyptus sp.