Sphaerodothis calospora Syd. 1924
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Sphaerodothis calospora Syd., Ann. Mycol. 22 302 (1924)
Nomenclature
Syd.
Syd.
1924
302
ICN
Sphaerodothis calospora Syd. 1924
NZ holotype
species
Sphaerodothis calospora
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Descriptions
Sphaerodothis calospora Syd. 1924
Tar spot on Nothodanthonia and related indigenous genera is common in the South Island. It has also been collected in the Wellington Province. It is indigenous to New Zealand but of no economic importance.
Sphaerodothis calospora Syd. 1924
Stromata amphigena, sparsa vel hinc inde 2-3 seriatim disposita, in utraque foliorum pagina conspicua, elliptica vel oblonga 0.25-0.5 mm longa, plerumque 1-loculigera subinde sed raro confluendo usque 1 mm longa, aterrima; loculus 300-400 µ latus, ca. 200 µ altus, pariete laterali ca. 10-14 µ crasso fuligineo, ca. 0.75 folii crassitudinem oocupans; clypeo epidermali aterrimo opaco; asci cylindracei vel cylindraceo-saccati, 90-105 x 14-18 µ (cum sporis uniserialibus) vel minores sed latiores usque 24 µ crassi (cum sporis biserialibus), subsessiles vel brevissime crasseque stipitati, ad apicem rotundati, octospori; sporae ellipsoideae vel globoso-ellipsoideae, continuae, amoene fuscae, circumcirca tunica fuscidula ca. 2 µ crassa cinctae, 14-17 x 10-12 µ (tunica inclusa); paraphyses copiosissimae, ascos multo superantes, ca. 1 µ crassae.
Es liegt eine durch die Sporen interessante Form vor. Diese sind ringsherum mit, einem bräunlichen etwa 2 µ breiten Mantel umgeben.
Hab. in foliis Danthoniae pilosae, Tiritea, Wellington, 4.3.1921, leg. G. H. Cunningham (no. 1053); Turakina, Wellington, 2.1.1921, leg. G. H. Cunningham (no. 1028).
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typification
New Zealand, syntypes PDD 1028, PDD 1053
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26 March 2002