Daldinia macaronesica Stadler, Wollweber & Castro, 2004

on broadleaved trees

parasite

Up to several cm sized smooth, dark brown cushion-shaped stromata on dead branches. Ascospores 5-7 x 13-16 µm, brownish black, with germination slit.

host plants

Lauraceae, oligophagous

Laurus novocanariensis; Ocotea foetens; Persea indica.

? Also Pittosporum undulatum

distribution within Europe

Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores.

references

Stadler, Læssøe, Fournier, ao (2014a).