Pemphidium opacum Berk. 1855
Details
Details
Pemphidium opacum Berk. 1855
Nomenclature
Berk.
Berk.
1855
207
ICN
Pemphidium opacum Berk. 1855
NZ holotype
species
Pemphidium opacum
Classification
Descriptions
Pemphidium opacum Berk. 1855
Forming little patches 1-2 lines broad, consisting of round, black, opake, flat specks, which are generally without any trace of an ostiolum. Beneath each speck is an ovate, transparent mass of asci, arising from an evident base, but without any visible perithecium. Asci moderately long, cylindrical or slightly swollen in the middle; spores fusiform, attenuated into a thread at either extremity; endochrome divided irregularly into two or. three masses, without any dissepiments.
maculis minoribus nigris opacis hic illic aggregatis, sporis fusiformibus utrinque valde attenuatis.
A very distinct species from Pemphidium nitidum, which forms large patches of convex, shining spots. The sporidia are far more attenuated than in that species, though in that I find them more acuminate than they are represented in Dr. Montague's figure.
On dead stems of Rhipogonum, Titiokura, Colenso.
Taxonomic concepts
Global name resources
Metadata
1cb1b576-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
22 October 2004
