Sphaeria fragilis Berk. 1855
Details
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Sphaeria fragilis Berk. 1855
Nomenclature
Berk.
Berk.
1855
205
ICN
Sphaeria fragilis Berk. 1855
NZ holotype
species
Sphaeria fragilis
Classification
Descriptions
Sphaeria fragilis Berk. 1855
Forming little scattered clusters of brownish, opaque, obtuse, extremely brittle perithecia, insomuch that they break off while still filled with the white mass of fructification. Ostiolum obsolete. Sporidia varying from 1/1000 to 1/1660 of an inch in length, shortly fusiform, often broader at one end, uniseptate, hyaline.
peritheciis congestis fragilissimis nigro-fuscis obtusis opacis minimis, sporidiis hyalinis breviter subfusiformibus uniseptatis.
This species has the habit of S. pulicaris, but is totally different. There is not the slightest tinge of blue, as in that species.
On the under side of the leaves of Eurybia furfuracea, Colenso.
Sphaeria fragilis Berk. 1855
[Notes from Kew Type specimen, PRJ 2010] Berkeley reports on Eurybia furfuracea; this is now Olearia. Macroscopically looks just like Rosescheldiella, and the drawing of the spores on the packet look typical. There has been a Pseudocercospora described recently from this host, but it has dark lesion on upper surface of leaf as well as fruiting body partly hidden amongst leaf hairs on lower surface. The Lizonia specimen has no lesion on the upper surface, and there is no sign of a Pseudocercospora state.
Taxonomic concepts
Global name resources
Notes
typification
[New Zealand], On the under side of the leaves of Eurybia furfuracea, Colenso. K(M)
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 January 2001
22 October 2004
