Nectria pithoides Ellis & Everh.
no common name
Nectriaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
no common name
Nectriaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Nectria pithoides is distinguished "by the bright red perithecia which are decidedly barrel-shaped when dry". Other features include the yellowish stroma on bark of dead alders, and microscopic characters.
Microscopic:
spores 6-10 x 3-4 microns, elliptic, colorless, 1-septate, with an oil droplet in each cell; asci 8-spored, 70-80 x 5 microns, cylindric
Notes:
The type description is from BC.
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Other Nectria species undoubtedly occur in the Pacific Northwest but they have not been comprehensively studied. In addition to Nectria cinnabarina, note the following collections: the University of British Columbia has BC collections labeled as Nectria coccinea, N. sanguinea, N. sulphurea, N. galligena, N. episphaeria, N. inventa, and N. pithoides. The University of Washington has WA collections of N. coccinea and N. episphaeria. O. Ceska has reported Nectria fuckeliana var. macrospora from B.C. Some of these have been recombined into Neonectria.Habitat
on bark of dead alders