Dactylaria lepida Minter, 1980

on Picea, etc.

parasite

Colonies on dead needles. Conidiophore reduced to a single, 20-30 µm long, light brown, conidiogenous cell. Conidia hyaline, smooth, 2 x 25-32 µm, 1-septate, top and base with conspicuously thick walls.

host plants

Pinaceae, oligophagous

Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1979a: 167), Hawksworth & Minter (1980a).