Trichocrea Marchal, Fujimyces and Ebollia gen.nov.

Stictisand its anamorphs in New Zealand

“…In culture, the fruiting bodies are globose and thicker walled, but otherwise the conidiomata and conidiogenous layer are the same as those found in vivo. In their overall morphology and anatomy these pycnidia agree well with Ebollia Minter et Caine (Minter & Caine 1980). The type specimen of this genus, E. valdiviensis (Spegazzini) Minter et Caine (LPS 12249 on Lobelia tupa, Chile, Valdivia, C. Spegazzini, Jan. 1909), differs from the species found in New Zealand in that its conidiomata are shallowly immersed, becoming more or less erumpent, and are often plurilocular, extending over quite large areas of the host.…”

“…Conidiomata of the New Zealand species remain immersed (although often becoming widely opened), separate, and unilocular. The conidiogenous cells of E. valdiviensis were described by Minter & Caine (1980) as being holoblastic. No mention was made in their descriptions or illustrations of flaring or of proliferations of the conidiogenous cells, but my eXamination of the type specimen indicates that conidiogenesis of E. valdiviensis is morphologically the same as that of the Stietis anamorphs described above.…”