Monilinia demissa (B.F. Dana) Honey
cup fungi
Sclerotiniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
cup fungi
Sclerotiniaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Monilinia demissa produces sclerotia in mummified overwintered fruits. Fruiting bodies are cup-shaped, later flat, and the stem is long. Conidia (Monilia) are produced on living leaves, twigs and fruits of the common choke cherry. The conidia are in unbranched chains, ovoid to spherical, colorless, cream colored in mass, simple, and 7-14 x 3-9 microns.
Microscopic:
spores 9-15 x 5-6 microns, elliptic, one end narrower than the other, uniseriate, colorless; asci 8-spored, reaching a length of 150-160 microns and diameter of 7 microns; paraphyses slender
Notes:
Monilinia demissa was originally described from WA (Seaver). There is a collection from BC at the Pacific Forestry Centre.
Habitat and Range
Habitat
mostly single, sometimes two from overwintered mummy of Prunus virginiana var. demissa
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Corticium dryinum Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Peniophora dryina (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) D.P. Rogers &
Sclerotinia demissa B.F. Dana