Daldinia loculatoides Wollw. & M. Stadler

Chlebicki, Andrzej, 2022, Revision of the genus Daldinia in the KRAM herbarium collection: Daldinia CHildiae, D. loCUlata and D. loCUlatoides, three new species for Poland, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 7, pp. 61-73 : 68

Daldinia loculatoides Wollw. & M. Stadler ,

Mycol. Res. 108(9): 1030. 2004.

Stromata semiglobose, sessile, black, up to 4 cm in diameter. The KOH-extractable stromatal pigment vinaceous purple ( Fig. 1F ). Ascospores dark brown, shaped like a Rugby ball, with broadly rounded ends, 15–17(20) × 7–8 µm ( Fig.6 ).

Specimens examined: 1) Poland: Wyżyna Środkowomałopolska, Małopolska Region, Kraków, Rakowicki

cemetery, on a burned trunk of Acer platanoides L., 27 October 1993, leg. W. Wo-

jewoda, KRAM F 34899 (as D. concentrica ).

Comments: This is a rare species that differs from D. loculata by its larger ascospores and semiglobose stromata ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Fig.1. KOH-extractable stromatal pigments:Daldinia childiae – A,D.concentrica – B, D.eschscholtzii – C, D.lloydii – D, D.loculata – E, D.loculatoides – F,D.decipiens – G, D.vernicosa – H, D.petriniae – I (Photo. A.Chlebicki)

Fig.6. Ascospores of Daldinia loculatoides (KRAM F 34 899) (Photo. A.Chlebicki)