Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Scoleconectria coccicola (Ellis & Ev.) Seaver,
Mycologia 1 : 198. 1909.
JSectria coccicola Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 2 : 39. 1886.
Dialoneciria coccicola Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 2 : 137. 1886.
Ophioneciria coccicola Eerl. & Vogl. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. Addit. 218. 1886.
Stromata rounded, more or less prominent, whitish; conidia borne in clusters of 3-5, large,
broad at the base, tapering into a bristle-like apex, 15-20-septate, 100-150 X 7-7.5 /f with
a distinct stem-like base ; perithecia in cespitose clusters, nearly globose or a little longer
than broad, reddish, becoming dark-brownish, minutely roughened, at first clothed with a
few hyaline hairs, then naked, 300-500/^ in diameter ; asci cylindric, tapering below into a
stem-like base, 150-200 X 20^" ; spores clavate or subcylindric, 100-120 X ^-T y^ at the base,
15-20-septate, hyaline.
On dead scale-insects on the bark of living orange trees.
Type locality : Florida.
Distribution : Florida and Cuba.
- 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
