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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Phacidium betulinum. Phacidium betulinum

Synonyms

Ceuthospora betulae
Gloeosporium betulae

Biostatus

Present 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: Conidiomata stromatic, pycnidial, uni- to multi-loculate, scattered or gregarious, immersed becoming partly erumpent, depressed globose, black, 0.1–0.3 mm in diameter; mainly on the lower surfaces of leaves. Conidia cylindrical, straight, 0-septate, 10–15 × 1–2 μm, smooth, hyaline.
Distribution: Distribution: Auckland.; 1st Record: Dingley (1969: as Gloeosporium betulae).