Xylaria wellingtonensis
Biostatus
Native
Category
Fungi
Detailed description
Stromata consist of upright (taller than broad), terminal clusters of globose, fertile heads attached to a flattened stalk. Each head is 2–4 mm in diameter. There are several perithecia per head, with long pubescent stipes. The stromata in total is 4 cm high x 1 cm broad. The fertile heads are dull black, with a white interior, while the stipes are blackish brown. The surface of the fertile heads is wrinkled and tuberculate. Perithecia are 0.5–1 mm in diameter. The ascospores are brown, smooth, one-celled, ellipsoid-inequilateral, 20–23(–25) x (6–)7–8 µm, with a straight germ slit slightly less than the spore length, on flattened side of spore. This species is characterised by having globoid fertile heads attached to a flattened stipe. Ascospore shape and stromal surface indicates that it is related to X. polymorpha.
Distribution
Wellington.
Substrate details
On decorticated wood.
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Xylariaceae, Ascomycetes
Ecology
Fruiting
Known from a single collection made in July 1916.