Kretzschmaria curvirima J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju

TELEOMORPH | CULTURES AND ANAMORPH | SPECIMENS EXAMINED | NOTES

TELEOMORPH

Kretzschmaria curvirima J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju, Mycotaxon 68: 355. 1998.

Stromata much as in K. micropus.

Perithecia obovoid, 1-1.7 mm diam x 1.5-2 mm high.

Ostioles sharply conical.

Asci fragmentary, with apical ring bluing in Melzer's iodine reagent, urn-shaped, 13-15 mm high x 8 mm broad.

Ascospores dark brown, unicellular, ellipsoid-inequilateral, with narrowly to broadly rounded ends sometimes pinched, smooth, (38-)42-52 x (12-)13.5-16 mm, with sigmoid to spiral germ slit slightly less than spore-length.