Ceratostomella novae-zelandiae (Réblová) Réblová 2024

Réblová, Martina, Nekvindová, Jana, Kolařík, Miroslav, Jurjević, Željko, Kolář, Michal & Hubka, Vít, 2024, Re-evaluation of Ceratostomella and Xylomelasma with introduction of two new species (Sordariomycetes), MycoKeys 110, pp. 319-360 : 319-360

Ceratostomella novae-zelandiae (Réblová) Réblová , comb. nov.

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Xylomelasma novae-zelandiae Réblová [as ‘ novaezelandiae ’], Mycologia 98: 87. 2006. Basionym.

Description.

See Réblová (2006).

Specimen examined.

New Zealand • West Coast Region, Westland District, Haast 300 km SW of Greymouth, Jackson River valley, track to the Lake Ellery ; on decaying wood of a stump of Nothofagus sp. ; 10 Mar 2003; M. Réblová M. R. 2787 / NZ 297 (holotype PDD 81433 !) .

Habitat and geographical distribution.

Saprobe occurring on decaying wood of Nothofagus sp. in New Zealand ( Réblová 2006). According to GlobalFungi, identical sequences were found in two samples isolated from soil in temperate broadleaf forest habitats in New Zealand and Chile.

Notes.

Ceratostomella novae-zelandiae is distinguished from the other two species in the C. sordida complex by its smaller asci, measuring 50–60 (– 65) × 7–8 (– 9) μm, and smaller ascospores, measuring 7–8 × (3.5 –) 4–5 μm.

Figures

Figure 9. Ceratostomella novae-zelandiae (holotype PDD 81433) A, B ascomata C a longitudinal section of the ascomatal wall D – F paraphyses, ascogenous cells, and asci G young ascus (arrows indicate ends of ascospores with pores, where the outer wall becomes thinner) H – J asci with ascospores. Images: on natural substrate (A-J). Scale bars: 500 μm (A, B); 20 μm (C); 10 μm (D-J).