Xylaria mesenterica (Möller) M. Stadler, Laessøe & J. Fourn.

de la Fuente, Javier Isaac, García-Jiménez, Jesús, López, Caribell Yuridia, Oros-Ortega, Iván, Vela-Hernández, Reyna Yazuly, Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo, Garza Ocañas, Fortunato, Chay Casanova, Jesús Antonio, Ibarra Garibay, León Esteban & Bandala, Victor Manuel, 2020, An annotated checklist of the macrofungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Glomeromycota) from Quintana Roo, Mexico, Check List 16 (3), pp. 627-648 : 643

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.627
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468971
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C71A5B-FFC1-D941-B3B1-AFE4BC51F9FC
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Xylaria mesenterica (Möller) M. Stadler, Laessøe & J. Fourn.
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Xylaria mesenterica (Möller) M. Stadler, Laessøe & J. Fourn. View in CoL

Material studied. MEXICO - Quintana Roo • J.I. de la Fuente 68 ( ITCV); Jaguactal; 18°14′N, 088°57′W; alt. 132 m; 12 Oct. 2014 GoogleMaps .

Habit and habitat. Caespitose on fallen logs in evergreen tropical forest.

Identification. This species can be recognized by the globose and gelatinose stroma with greyish hues and the dark ellipsoid ascospores of 11–14 × 5–6 µm. Our material agrees with the description provided by San Martín and Lavín (1997) described for Entonaema pallidum G.W. Martin. This species differs from similar species, such as E. globosum R. Heim. and E. liquescens Möller , by the greyish colour of the stromata. Entonaema pallidum was transferred to Xylaria mesenterica based on molecular and morphological evidence ( Stadler et al. 2008).