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Fungus / parasite
synnema of Blistum anamorph of Byssostilbe stilbigera parasitises sporangium of Cribraria argillacea

Fungus / parasite
synnema of Blistum anamorph of Stilbella byssiseda parasitises sporangium of Cribraria argillacea

Fungus / parasite
colony of Verticillium anamorph of Verticillium rexianum parasitises sporangium of Cribraria argillacea

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Comprehensive Description

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Cribraria argillacea (Pers.) Pers. Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 91. 1794
Stemonitis argillacea Pers.; J. F. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 1469. Cribraria Micropus Schrad. Nov. Gen. PI. 3. 1797. Trichia argillacea Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 8: 55. 1808.
1791 Sporangia dull ochraceous to olivaceous, globose to obovate, 0.5-1 mm. in diameter, sessile or short-stipitate, densely crowded or closely gregarious; peridium fugacious above except for a weak, easily detached net without nodal thickenings; lower portion remaining as a deep cup, usually membranous above, thicker below and marked with ribs or reticulations; dictydine granules small, 0.5-1.5 £i in diameter, irregular, brown; stalk, when present, usually short, sometimes up to 1 mm. long, furrowed, dark brown to black, arising from a well developed hypothallus; spores clay-colored in mass, pallid by transmitted light, 6-7.5 n in diameter; Plasmodium lead-colored.
Type locality: Europe. Habitat: Dead wood.
Distribution: Throughout North America; Europe; South Africa.
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George Willard Martin, Harold William Rickett. 1949. FUNGI; MYXOMYCETES; CERATIOMYXALES, LICEALES, TEICHIALES, STEMONITALES, PHYSARALES. North American flora. vol 1. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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