decorticated decaying branch, approx. 2 cm in diameter
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Unknown
Standard locality
Location:
Tararua Range, near Jumbo Hut
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-40.8547 175.44
Verbatim locality:
Tararua Range, near Jumbo Hut
Verbatim collector:
A.E. Bell
Standardised collector:
Ann E. Bell
Collectors reference no.:
AEB 1041
Verbatim date:
2008/03/29
Start date:
2008-03-29
Country:
New Zealand
New Zealand Area Codes:
Wairarapa
Native lands:
Ngāti Kahungunu
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa - Tāmaki Nui ā Rua
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Rangitāne
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Grid:
2715645E 6036225N (WGS84 -40.854688 175.439553)
Habitat:
treeline
Specimen notes
Public Note:
Another undescribed holomorphic species of Stanjehughesia was recently collected on decaying wood of Nothofagus sp. in New Zealand (PDD 94220, Bell & Mahoney, unpubl.). The material contains both sexual and asexual morphs, which align with the generic concept of Stanjehughesia. The sexual morph has hyaline, transversely 3–5-septate ascospores as observed in S. silvana. So far, this phenomenon has been observed only in collections from New Zealand. The asexual morph of Stanjehughesia sp. PDD 94220 most closely resembles S. caespitulosa but differs from it in having narrower and shorter conidia, 99–131 × 9–12 μm (Bell & Mahoney, unpubl.) vs 65–150 × 13–17 μm (Ellis 1958), with a dark central pore at each septum as observed in S. silvana. Regrettably, molecular data or a living culture of this unidentified species is currently unavailable
M. Reblova, 2024