A Preliminary Survey of the Iowa Species of Hypocreaceae and Clavicipitaceae

Authors

Lois H. Tiffany, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Joseph C. Gilman, Iowa State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Recent unusual Iowa collections of members of the Hypocreaceae and Clavicipitaceae are reported. Scoleconectria polythalama (Berk.) Seaver on Syringa and Fraxinus, Nectria coccinea Fr. on Juglans nigra L., Nectria verrucosa (Schw.) Sacc. on Marus alba L., Calonectria diminuta (Berk.) Berl. & Vogl., Hypocrea citrina (Pers.) Fr., Hypocrea patella Cke. and Pk. are reported for the first time. Thyronectrioidea chrysogramma (Ell. and Ev.) Seaver on Ulmus americana L. is the first report of this species on this host from Iowa. In addition observations on the life cycles of Scoleconectria scolecospora (Bref.) Seaver and Cordyceps clavulata Schw. are made.

Publication Date

1962

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

69

Issue

1

First Page

173

Last Page

177

Copyright

©1962 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Tiffany, Lois H. and Gilman, Joseph C. (1962) "A Preliminary Survey of the Iowa Species of Hypocreaceae and Clavicipitaceae," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 69(1), 173-177.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol69/iss1/29