HYPOXYLON SOLIDUM BERK. & M. A. CURTIS
This name does not belong to Ascovirgaria, Biscogniauxia, Creosphaeria, Daldinia, Discoxylaria, Entoleuca, Hypoxylon, Jumillera, Kretzschmaria, Kretzschmariella, Nemania, Stilbohypoxylon, Vivantia, or Whalleya.(The accepted or suggested disposition is indicated by an asterisk (*), if there is any.)
Hypoxylon solidum Berk. & M. A. Curtis apud Berk., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, n. ser., 2: 286. 1853.
º Hypocrea solida (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Cooke, Grevillea 13: 8. 1884.
º Hypocreopsis solida (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Berl. & Voglino, Add. Syll. Fung., p. 211. 1886.
º * Pseudosolidum solidum (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) C. G. Lloyd, Mycol. Writings 7: 1206. 1923.
SURINAM: wood, as Rhytisma solidum Schwein., ined. (FH, ISOTYPE of H. solidum).
A loculoascomycete belonging to the Melanommatales. This fungus is only known from the type material. It has multiple locules at the periphery of a peltate stroma. The centrum is filled with bitunicate asci and has trabeculate hamathecial elements. Ascospores are two-celled, pale brown, fusoid, constricted at the septum, 20-27.5 x 4-6 mm.
