Stromatinia gladioli (Massey) Whetzel
no common name
Sclerotiniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Sclerotiniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Stromatinia gladioli produces umbilicate, convex-discoid, or sometimes convoluted brown fruitbodies with a stem, growing in clusters on Gladiolus, Freesia, and Crocus.
Microscopic:
spores 10-16 x 5.6-9.5 microns, elliptic, colorless, usually with one oil droplet, uniseriate; asci 8-spored, reaching 190-235 x 8-10 microns, cylindric to cylindric-clavate; paraphyses abundant, 2.8-3.2 microns in diameter at tip, filiform, slightly clavate; microconidia 1.2-1.8 microns wide, apparently functioning as spermatia
Notes:
It is found in the US, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. A collection from BC is deposited at the University of British Columbia.
Habitat and Range
Habitat
densely cespitose [in tufts], parasitic on Gladiolus, Freesia, and Crocus
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Ceriporiopsis subvermispora (Pilat) Gilb. & Ryvarden
Fibuloporia subvermispora (Pilat) Domanski
Sclerotinia gladioli Drayton
Sclerotium gladioli Massey