Species

Patellaria sp.

Common Name(s)

None

Family

Patellariaceae, Ascomycetes

Flora Category

Fungi - Native

Distribution

Coromandel (Little Barrier Island)

Features

Ascomata consist of small, saucer-shaped, flast or slightly convex apothecia, up to 1 mm diameter, black, and sessile. This specific fungus has not been described. The ascospores of Patellaria species are filiform-clavate, usually slightly curved, multi-septate, and hyaline.

Fruiting

Collected on one occasion in April 1988.

Substrate

On dead twigs of Pisonia brunoniana.

Where Held

PDD

Extant Collections

1


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