Leucostoma sp. 2
Family
Valsaceae, Ascomycetes
Flora category
Fungi – Native
Distribution
Otago Lakes (Eglington Valley).
Detailed description
Stromatic fruiting body, with both conidial locules and later perithecia. Conidia allantoid, hyaline, aseptate. Ascospores allantoid, hyaline, aseptate, larger than the conidia. Leucostoma species are usually pathogenic on woody tissues. There is no indication that this species is different to Leucostoma sp. 1.
Fruiting
Known from a collection made in November 1993.
Substrate
Found on long-dead twigs of Peraxilla tetrapetala.
Where held
PDD
Extant collections
1
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