Kretzschmaria sandvicensis (Reichardt) J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju

TELEOMORPH | CULTURES AND ANAMORPH | SPECIMENS EXAMINED | NOTES

TELEOMORPH

Kretzschmaria sandvicensis (Reichardt) J. D. Rogers & Y.-M. Ju, Mycotaxon 68: 366. 1998.

º Hypoxylon sandvicense Reichardt, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akac. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. I, 75: 6. 1877.

= Ustulina tessulata Berk. ex Cooke, Grevillea 12: 3. 1883.

= Nummularia macrospora Pat., Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 3: 175. 1887.

= Nummularia gigaspora Pat., ined.

Stromata and perithecia much as in K. deusta.

Ostioles finely papillate to papillate.

Asci 290-340 mm total length x 11-15 mm broad, the spore-bearing parts 200-240 mm long, the stipes 70-110 mm long, with apical ring bluing in Melzer's iodine reagent, urn-shaped, 6-10 mm high x 3.5-5.5 mm broad.

Ascospores dark brown, unicellular, fusoid to ellipsoid, inequilateral, with narrowly to broadly rounded ends, smooth, (30-)33-46 x 8.5-11.5 mm, with straight germ slit nearly spore-length or slightly less than spore-length.