Quasiconcha reticulata
Quasiconcha reticulata M.E. Barr & M. Blackw., Mycologia 72(6): 1224 (1981) [1980].
Index Fungorum number: IF 4631; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04630, Fig. 1
Description: see Barr and Blackwell (1981); Doilom et al. (2018).
Material considered: see Barr and Blackwell (1981); Doilom et al. (2018).
Fig. 1 Quasiconcha reticulata (NY 01293205, holotype). a, b Herbarium label and specimen. c Appearance of mytiliniod ascoma on host surface. d–f Asci with ascospores. g Two-celled, brown, symmetric ascospores with coarsely reticulate wall. Scale bars: d–f = 10 μm, g = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Quasiconcha comprises only one species known on seeds of Juniperus virginiana (Cupressaceae) in dung, Pinus halapensis (Pinaceae) and Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae) in The United States (Arizona, Texas).
References
Blackwell M, Gilbertson RL. 1985 – Quasiconcha reticulata and its anamorph from conifer roots. Mycologia 77, 50–54.
Doilom M, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Dai DQ et al. 2018 – Mycosphere Notes 225–274: types and other specimens of some genera of Ascomycota. Mycosphere 9, 647–754.
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