New Zealand Fungarium - Te Kohinga Hekaheka o Aotearoa
Barcode:
PDD 24888
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
11 April 2011
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Wolfina Seaver ex Eckblad 1968
Determiner:
M. Carbone
Identification date:
2012-10 (Verbatim: 2012/10)
Preferred name:
Wolfina Seaver ex Eckblad 1968
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycetes
Order:
Pezizales
Family:
Chorioactidaceae
Determination uncertain:
yes
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
This is definitely not a Plectania, nor Plectania melastoma. All the features, both macro- and microscopic seem to match with the generic concept of Wolfina. The only problem is the lack of striations on the spores.