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

TELEOMORPH | CULTURES AND ANAMORPH | SPECIMENS EXAMINED | NOTES

TELEOMORPH

Kretzschmaria megalospora J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju, Mycotaxon 68: 361. 1998.

Stromata much as in K. macrosperma.

Perithecia spherical to obovoid, 1.2-2.5 mm diam x 2-3 mm high.

Ostioles obtusely conical.

Asci fragmentary, with apical ring bluing in Melzer's iodine reagent, urn-shaped, 10-12 mm high x 11-13 mm broad.

Ascospores black, unicellular, ellipsoid-inequilateral, with broadly or narrowly rounded ends, smooth, 70-95 x 27-45 mm, with straight germ slit spore-length or nearly so.