Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Calonectria diminuta (Berk.) Berl. & Vogl.;
Sacc. Syll. Fung. 9 : 985. 1891.
Nectria diploa diminuta Berk. Grevillea 4 : 46. 1875.
Dialoneciria diminuta Cooke, Grevillea 12 : 83. 1884.
? Calonectria Dearnessii Ellis & Ev. Proc. Acad. Phila. 1890 : 245. 1890.
Perithecia minute, 150-175 ii in diameter, scattered or more or less crowded on the substratum, surrounded by radiating mycelium giving somewhat the appearance of a stroma but no true stroma present, orange, partially collapsing ; asci cylindric or clavate ; spores irregularly crowded, variable in size and form, ellipsoid, clavate, or subfusoid, usually 3-septate, hyaline, 25-35X6-7//.
On sphaeriaceous fungi {Massaria^ etc.). Type locality : South Carolina. Distribution: South Carolina (and Canada?).
- 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
