Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Sphaerostilbe flammea (Berk. & Rav.) Tul. Fung
Carp. 1 : 130. 1861.
Atractiuyn flammeum Berk. & Rav.; Berk. & Br. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. II. 13 : 461. 1854.
Stilbum Jlammeum IvTul. Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 5: 114. 1856.
Neciria laeticolor Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. I,inn. Soc. 10 : 377. 1868.
Stromata conic in form with the top finally becoming flattened ; conidia fusiform, a little curved, 5-8-septate, about 60-75 X5-7m ; perithecia nearly globose, bright-red, smooth or only minutely rough, crowded on or near the base of the stroma ; asci cylindric, about 75-80X8-10^; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid to subfusoid, 1-septate, hyaline, 15X6-7//.
On bark of trees, Acer^ Crataegus, Salix. Type locality : Europe .
Distribution : Ontario to Louisiana and South Carolina ; also in Europe.
- 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
