HYPOXYLON EPIXANTHUM (BERK. & BROOME) PETCH The status of the name is uncertain.Hypoxylon epixanthum (Berk. & Broome) Petch, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 8: 161. 1924. º Sphaeria epixantha Berk. & Broome, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 129. 1873. SRI LANKA: Central Province, 12.1868, Thwaite, G.H.K. 1081, decorticated wood (K, HOLOTYPE of Sphaeria epixantha). The type material is immature. Berkeley and Broome (1873) mentioned sulfur-colored mycelium present on the stromata. This name might represent a young stage of H. chrysoconium Berk. & Broome. |
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