Daldinia bakeri C. G. Lloyd

TELEOMORPH | CULTURES AND ANAMORPH | SPECIMENS EXAMINED | NOTES

TELEOMORPH

Daldinia bakeri C. G. Lloyd, Mycol. Writings 5, Large Pyrenomycetes: 25. 1919.

Stromata placentiform, sessile, smooth or with inconspicuous perithecial mounds, 5.4 cm diam x 3.8 cm high; surface blackened with reddish brown tone, varnished; dull reddish brown granules immediately beneath surface, with KOH-extractable pigments dilute honey (64) or isabelline (65); the tissue between perithecia brown, pithy to woody; the tissue below the perithecial layer composed of alternating zones, the darker zones dark brown, pithy to woody, 0.2 mm thick, the lighter zones whitish, gelatinous, disintegrating and becoming loculate when dry, 1.3-2 mm thick.

Perithecia tubular, 0.3-0.4 mm diam x 1 mm high.

Ostioles slightly papillate.

Asci not observed.

Ascospores dark brown to blackish brown, unicellular, ellipsoid, slightly inequilateral to equilateral, with broadly to narrowly rounded ends, 13-17 x 7.5-8.5 mm, with straight germ slit spore-length on more convex side; perispore indehiscent in 10% KOH; epispore smooth.