Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Creonectria diploa (Berk. & Curt.) Seaver,
Mycologia 1 : 190. 1909.
Nectria diploa Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jouir. I,inn. Soc. 10 : 378. 1868.
Perithecia in dense, erumpent clusters about 0.5 mm. in diameter; individual perithecia minute, ovoid, nearly smooth, bright-red, finally collapsing ; asci cylindric, 8-spored ; spores vertically 2-seriate, very large, fusoid, 1-septate, hyaline, with 2-4 oil-drops, 2025 X 7-10 /i.
On bark of Alnus sp.
Type locality : South Carolina.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- 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
