Mastodia Hook.f. & Harv.
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Mastodia Hook.f. & Harv. (1847)
Mastodia Hook.f. & Harv.
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Hook.f. & Harv.
Hook.f. & Harv.
1847
ICN
genus
Mastodia
Classification
Subordinates
Synonyms
Descriptions
Mycelium growing between layers or groups of algal cells. Ascocarps solitary or gregarious, subglobose, immersed or erumpent, ostiolate, epapillate, coriaceous, top and base dark brown, sides hyaline or dark, ostiolar canal periphysate and with a turgid pulvillus. Paraphyses absent, centrum with or without a gelatinous matrix enclosing the asci. Asci 8-spored, clavate, pedunculate, unitunicate, at first thick-walled, finally deliquescing, developing along the inner wall of the ascocarp up to the ostiolar canal. Ascospores ellipsoid to ovoid, simple, colourless. Pycnidia solitary, subglobose, to lentiform, immersed, irregularly chambered, ostiolate, coriaceous, top and base brown, sides hyaline. Coniodiophores conical or cylindrical, simple. Conidia filiform or subglobose, simple, hyaline. Hosts: Marine algae (Chlorophyta).
Taxonomic concepts
Turgidosculum Kohlm. & E.Kohlm.
Mastodia Hook.f. & Harv.
Collections
Metadata
947b038d-cb34-4270-b10e-b055b9a2a618
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 October 2010