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Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire 1911

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Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire, Ann. Mycol. 9 324 (1911)
Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire 1911

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
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Maire
Plowr.
(Plowr.) Maire
Maire, R. 1911: Remarques sur quelques Hypocréacées. Annales Mycologici 9(4): 315-325.
1911
324
ICN
Hypomyces candicans Plowr. 1882
species
Nectriopsis candicans

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Sordariomycetes
Hypocreales
Bionectriaceae
Nectriopsis
candicans

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Samuels, G.J. 1988: Fungicolous, lichenicolous, and myxomyceticolous species of Hypocreopsis, Nectriopsis, Nectria, Peristomialis, and Trichonectria. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 48.

Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire 1911

AUSTRALIA. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Adelaide, National Park, on myxomycete on Eucalyptus sp., Hughes 1334, 16 Jul 1963 (PDD 23103, NY); NEW ZEALAND. North Island. COROMANDEL: Thames Co., Coromandel Forest Park, Kauaeranga Valley, on Physarum sp., Samuels 73-168, 15 Aug 1973 (PDD 32675)
Anamorph. Acremonium sp.
Mycelium white, floccose, scant to abundant. Perithecia immersed in white mycelium, broadly pyriform to globose, (125)-170-210(-250) x (105-)140-165(-240) µm, white, lacking hairs. Asci cylindrical, (36)45-55(-61) x 3-4(-5) µm, apex with a ring. Ascospores oblong to narrowly ellipsoidal, (5-)6-7.5(-8.7) x 2-3 µm, equally 2-celled; a colorless appendage often visible at each end of each ascospore while still in the ascus, ends of discharged ascospores appearing truncate; smooth, colorless
Habitat. On myxomycete sporangia.
Notes. For illustrations, synonymy and a complete description see Samuels [1971, 1973, as Nectria candicans (Plowright) Samuels]. This species was previously known only from the northern hemisphere where it is the most frequently encountered of the myxomyceticolous species (Samuels, 1973). It is now known to occur in the southern hemisphere as well.

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Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire 1911
Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire (1911)
Maire, R. (1911)
Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire 1911
Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire (1911)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire 1911
Nectriopsis candicans (Plowr.) Maire (1911)
Samuels, G.J. (1988)

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12 November 1999
12 November 1999
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