Daldinia eschscholtzii

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 : 67

Daldinia eschscholtzii (Ehrenb.: Fr.) Rehm,

Annals Mycol. 2(2): 175. 1904

Stromata turbinate and sessile. Surface without any conspicuous perithecial outlines and with slightly papillate ostioles. The KOH-extractable stromatal pigment vivid vinaceous purple ( Fig. 1C ). Ascospores brown, inequilateral with narrowly rounded ends, 11.5–13.4 × 5–6 µm. Specimen examined:

5) Cameroon: in East Province , Department Lom et Djérem, between Koumé and Koundi, ca. 15 km northwest from Bertoua, ca. 710 m a.s.l., in the Guineo- Congolian tropical rainforest, on a fallen trunk of a deciduous tree, 15 December 2007, leg. J. Piątek and M. Piątek, KRAM F 59661 (as Daldinia sp. ) .

Comments: It is a common species in warmer climates, that occurs frequently in Africa and was also noted in Cameroon ( Stadler et al., 2014).

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)