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 Didymascella thujina
SynonymsKeithia thujina
BiostatusPresent in region - Exotic
Article: Dingley, J.M. (1969). Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin 192: 298 p. Wellington:.
Notes: This fungus is known in New Zealand only from a single record. Unfortunately no
herbarium material was filed.
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 scattered, subepidermal, exposed by the shedding of a disc of the covering epidermis, roughly circular, olive brown, up to 1 mm in diameter; chiefly on the upper surfaces of leaves, old ascomata may fall out entirely, leaving an empty pit in the leaf. Asci clavate, 2-spored, 100 × 20 μm. Ascospores elliptical, 1-septate, with the septum near the upper end, 22–25 × 15–16 μm, brown with finely pitted walls.
Distribution: Distribution: Taupo.; 1st Record: Birch (1937: as Keithia thujina).
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