Proceeding of the Linnean Society of London 159:21-42. 1947.
Typus: P. arundinariae Hansf.
Location of type: neotype IMI
Type studies: Eriksson & Yue (Systema Ascomycetum 8:17-23. 1989.)
Anamorph:
Status:
Number of epithets: 2
Monograph:
Additional literature: Müller (Sydowia 11:454-472. 1957, one additional species)
ascomata gregarious, immersed in soft, spongy subiculum, globose
with long beaks, surface hairy with reddish hyphae
ascospores fusiform-cylindrical, slightly curved, hyaline, 5-6 septate,
45-50 x 5-8 µm
Terrestrial habitat, found on decaying culms of Arundinaria
Distribution to date: Uganda, Congo, India
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