Associations
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Fungus / parasite
superficial stroma of Hypocrea pulvinata parasitises decaying bracket of Piptoporus betulinus
Other: major host/prey
Fungus / parasite
superficial stroma of Hypocrea pulvinata parasitises decaying fruitbody of Polyporales
Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Hypocrea fungicola P. Karst
Stromata effuse, spreading irregularly often for several cm., occasionally interrupted, subfleshy, at first whitish, at length lemon-yellow with the margin cottony and lighter-colored, within whitish, the whole stroma becoming more or less faded with age, often subpallid ; perithecia immersed, numerous, ovoid, yellowish ; asci cylindric, 62-75 /^ long ;
individual spores 3-4 A in diameter, the lower of each pair slightly longer.
On soil, old fungi, and leaf-mould.
Type locality : Europe.
Distribution: Connecticut to Wisconsin ; also in Europe.
- 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