Species
Marthamyces desmoschoeni
Common Name(s)
None
Qualifiers
2009 - CD, EF
Authority
(P.R.Johnst.) Minter
Family
Rhytismataceae, Ascomycetes
Flora Category
Fungi - Native
Synonyms
Propolis desmoschoeni P.R.Johnst.
Distribution
Widely distributed, having been collected in Northland, Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Chatham Islands, Southland
Features
The ascomata are 0.5–1 x 0.2–0.3mm, elliptic in outline, and develop within slightly bleached areas of the host leaf. They are not associated with an anamorph or zone lines. Unopened ascomata are pale to dark grey and pustulate. The ascomata open by a single longitudinal slit and, after opening, the covering host and fungal tissue folds back to expose the white, pruinose hymenium. Ascomata develop beneath the epidermal cells and the fibre bundles on the outside of the leaf. The ascospores are 60–75 x 2–3 µm and filiform-subspathulate in shape. Their widest point is near the apex but they taper rapidly distally, with the rest of the spore uniform in diameter. The spores are 1-septate and have a gelatinous cap at each end.
Fruiting
Collected throughout most of the year - April, May, August, September, October, November.
Substrate
Dead attached leaves of Desmoschoenus spiralis.
Where Held
PDD (holotype)
Extant Collections
8
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010