Daldinia loculata (Lév.) Sacc.

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 loculata (Lév.) Sacc.

Syll. Fung. I: 394 (1882).

Stromata hemispherical and sessile, from 2.5 up to 4 cm in diameter. The KOH reaction of stromatal materials mostly yields a dense purple pigment ( Fig. 1E ). Ascospores dark brown, with broadly rounded ends, (13)14–15(16) × 7–8.3 µm ( Fig. 2A ).

Specimens examined: 1) Poland: Niziny Sasko-Łużyckie, Zielona Góra voivodeship, Zasieki and Lubsko,

near the Polish-German border, on burned trunks of Betula sp. April 1984, leg.

B. Ginko, KRAM F 39306 (as D. concentrica ). 2 ) Poland: Wyżyna Środkowomałopolska, Małopolska voivodeship, the Ojców Na-

tional Park, Sępówka Valley, on a burned trunk of Fagus sylvatica L., 7 November

1964, leg. W. Wojewoda, KRAM F 13033 (as D. concentrica ). 3) Poland: Pojezierze Wschodniobałtyckie, in Puszcza Augustowska Forest, Sos-

nowo Island in Serwy Lake, on a dead trunk of Betula pendula , 10 July 2003, leg.

A. Chlebicki, KRAMF 55322, (as D. concentrica ).

Comments: This species is associated with Betula sp. but was also noted on Salicaceae Mirb. ( Stadler et al., 2014). It differs from D. vernicosa by its sessile stromata and the granules in its stromatal morphology.

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.2. Ascospores: Daldinia loculata – A, D. decipiens – B, D. childiae – C, D. vernicosa – D (Photo. A.Chlebicki)