Associations
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Foodplant / saprobe
perithecium of Nectria brassicae is saprobic on old, dead stem of Brassica oleracea
Comprehensive Description
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Nectria brassicae Ellis & Sacc; Sacc. Michelia 2 : 374. 1881
Perithecia scattered or gregarious, subconic, entire or bilaterally-collapsing, blood-red, 120-150 /i in diameter ; perithecial wall composed of coarse cells, variable in form and size, 5-8," in diameter; asci clavate, 60X7-8/^, 8-spored; spores mostly 2-seriate, fusoid or subclavate, 1-septate, hyaline, 10-11 X3-4/i.
On herbaceous stems of various kinds, Brassica, Solanum, Ipomoea, etc.
Type locality : Newfield, New Jersey.
Distribution : New Jersey to Louisiana.
- bibliographic citation
- Fred Jay Seaver, Helen Letitia Palliser, David Griffiths. 1910. HYPOCREALES, FIMETARIALES. North American flora. vol 3(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
