Kretzschmaria neocaledonica (Har. & Pat.) J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju

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TELEOMORPH

Kretzschmaria neocaledonica (Har. & Pat.) J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju, Mycotaxon 68: 363. 1998.

º Hypoxylon neocaledonicum Har. & Pat., J. Bot. (Morot) 17: 14. 1903.

= Hypoxylon sphaericum Pat., Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 40: 35. 1924.

Stromata obconical to turbinate, discrete to densely aggregated, 4-10 mm diam x 4-8 mm high, attached to substrate with short stipe or narrow connective; surface dark brown to black, smooth on top and reticulately cracked on sides; carbonaceous immediately beneath surface; tissue between and beneath perithecia coriaceous to woody, white, becoming dark brown and disintegrating.

Perithecia obovoid to tubular, 0.7-1.2 mm diam x 1.7-2.5 mm high.

Ostioles conspicuously conical.

Asci fragmentary, with apical ring bluing in Melzer's iodine reagent, urn-shaped, 4.5-5.5 mm high x 3-3.5 mm broad.

Ascospores brown to dark brown, unicellular, fusoid-inequilateral, with narrowly rounded ends frequently pinched, smooth, 28-37(-40) x (5-)6.5-8 mm, with straight germ slit much less than spore-length.