New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Ascomycetes of New Zealand 4.Valetoniella crucipila Hohnel and Trichosphaerella tuberculata sp. nov., two members of the Trichosphaeriaceae with pseudoamyloid ascospores

GARY J. SAMUELS

Plant Diseases Division, DSIR
Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract Valetoniella crucipila is redescribed from New Zealand collections. Trichosphaerella tuberculata sp. nov. is proposed. Ascospores of both species turn red when treated with iodine. Sterile, interascal filaments are lacking from the mature locule of both Valetoniella and Trichosphaerella. Taxonomy of Valetoniella and Trichosphaerella is discussed.

Keywords Valetoniella crucipila; Trichosphaerella tuberculata; Trichosphaeriaceae; Ascomycetes; taxonomy; amyloid reaction; New Zealand fungi

Received 4 October 1982
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1983, Vol. 21 : 157-162
0028-825X/83/2102-0157$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1983

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