Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Creonectria rubicarpa (Cooke) Seaver,
Mycologia 1: 187. 1909.
Nectria rubicarpa Cooke, Grevillea 7 : 50. 1878.
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Perithecia cespitosein small, dense clusters, 1-2 mm. in diameter, minutely roughened, bright-red becoming darker with age, collapsing and becoming deeply pezizoid ; asci cylindric to clavate, 55-60 X6i", 8-spored ; spores 1-seriateor partially 2-seriate above, ellipsoid, hyaline, 1-septate, 10-13 X 4-4.5 /i, scarcely constricted.
On dead limbs of Gelsemium and stems of Ilex. Type locality : Aiken, South Carolina. Distribution : New Jersey to Alabama.
- 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
