Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Stilbocrea intermedia (Ferd. & Winge) Seaver,
Mycologia 2 : 62. 1910.
J Stilbocrea Dussii Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 16 : 186. 1901. Sphaerostilhe intermedia Ferd. & Winge, Bot. Tidssk. 29 : 12. 1908. Nectria macrostoma Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. I^inn. Soc. 10: 378. 1868. Stilbocrea macrostoma Hohnel, Sitz.-ber. Akad. Wien Math. -Nat. 118i : 1185. 1909.
Stromata fleshy, patellate or subpatellate, adnate to the substratum or with the margin free, when dry pale flesh-colored or yellowishwhite, the stilbum-like outgrowths consisting of a stalk 1 mm. high and a subglobose head 400-600 j" in diameter; perithecia immersed but prominent, orange, ovoid or subglobose, 170-200 /^ in diameter; asci cylindric, 70-85 X 5. 5-7.5 fi ; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, slightly unequal-sided, minutely roughened, 1-septate, scarcely constricted at the septum, 10.5-12.5 X 4.5-5.5 ^.
On bark of trees.
Type locality : Island of St. Thomas, West Indies.
Distribution : Louisiana and West Indies.
- 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
