Species
Seimatosporium sp.
Common Name(s)
None
Qualifiers
2009 - CD, EF
Family
anamorph coelomycete
Flora Category
Fungi - Native
Distribution
Chatham Islands
Features
Acervuli produced near the base of the leaf-like bracts that subtend each cluster of floral spiklets. They are linear, up to 1 mm long, black. This specific fungus has not been described. The conidia of Seimatosporium species are usually cylindrical, fusiform or clavate, straight or slightly curved, 2–5-septate, the end cells hyaline, with the middle usually cells brown. The apical cell and/or the basal cell may bear a single, simple or branched, appendage; some species lack an appendage. Seimatosporium, Pestalotiopsis, and Truncatella are morphologically similar genera, that all appear to occupy a similar niche on Desmoschoenus spiralis.
Fruiting
Known from a single collection made in November 1992.
Substrate
On base of floral bracts of Desmoschoenus spiralis.
Where Held
PDD
Extant Collections
1
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010