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 Cyclaneusma niveum
SynonymsStictis nivea
Naemacyclus niveus
BiostatusPresent in region - Exotic
Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Ascomata apothecial, scattered, subepidermal, somewhat rectangular in appearance when partially open, elliptical when fully open, reddish brown when young, becoming concolorous with the needle surface, 0.3–1.0 × 0.15–0.4 mm; as they develop, pushing through the epidermis, which is torn but remains hinged; swelling when mature and moist, pushing back the hinged epidermis to expose the slightly convex, straw-coloured hymenial layer; rarely found on needles attached to the tree but develop when the needles are cast. Asci subcylindrical, 110–130 × 12–15 μm. Ascospores filiform, 0–2-septate, 75–120 × 3–4 μm, hyaline. Conidiomata pycnidial, scattered, immersed, globose to subglobose, 0.1–0.2 mm in diameter. Conidia sickle-shaped, 0-septate, 9–22 × 1–1.5 μm, hyaline.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland, Coromandel, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Wanganui, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Westland, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Dunedin, Southland.; 1st Record: Gadgil (1985b).
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