Species
Truncatella sp.
Common Name(s)
None
Qualifiers
2009 - CD, EF
Family
anamorph coelomycete
Flora Category
Fungi - Native
Distribution
Mid Canterbury
Features
Acervuli are produced near the base of the leaf-like bracts that subtend each cluster of floral spiklets. They are linear, up to 1 mm long, and black. This specific fungus has not been described. The conidia of Truncatella species are usually fusiform, straight, 3-septate, the end cells hyaline, with the two middle cells brown. The apical cell bears one or more, simple or branched, long appendages. Truncatella, Pestalotiopsis, and Seimatosporium are morphologically similar genera, that all appear to occupy a similar niche on Desmoschoenus spiralis.
Fruiting
Known from a single collection made in August 1988.
Substrate
On base of floral bracts of Desmoschoenus spiralis.
Where Held
PDD
Extant Collections
1
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010