Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Scoleconectria balsamea (Cooke & Peck) Seaver,
Mycologia 1 : 200. 1909.
Nectria balsamea Cooke & Peck (; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 26: 84; hyponym. 1874);
Cooke, Grevillea 12 : 81. 1884. ? Calonectria Cucurbiiula Sacc. Michelia 1 : 312. 1878. Caloneciria balsamea Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9 : 986. 1891.
Perithecial clusters small, 1-2 mm. in diameter, erumpent through the outer bark; individual perithecia nearly globose, smooth or minutely rough, red ; in dried specimens dull brick-red, entirely collapsing, becoming pezizoid ; asci cylindric to clavate, at first filled with numerous minute, spore-like bodies about 2 X 1 <" among which are several (2-4) true spores; spores fusiform, 5-6-septate, granular within, 15-25 X 4-5 /i.
On the branches oi Abies balsaviea (I^.) Mill.
Type locality : North Elba, New York.
Distribution : Newfoundland to Minnesota and New York.
- 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
