Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Chromocrea ceramica (Ellis & Ev.) Seaver,
Mycoiogia 2 : 59. 1910.
Hypocrea ceramica KlHs & Kv. N. Am. Pyrenom. 85. 1892.
Stromata appearing first as specks of white tomentum, with a brick-red spot appearing in the center, finally becoming fleshy, rather thick and entirely brick-red without, and white within, subpatellate, convex, becoming wrinkled when dry, punctate with the necks of the slightly protruding perithecia, finally dusted over with the greenish spores ; asci cylindric ; spores about 4// in diameter, the lower of each pair a little larger than the upper.
On bark of decaying limb of Juniperus.
Type locality : Connecticut.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- Fred Jay Seaver, Helen Letitia Palliser, David Griffiths. 1910. HYPOCREALES, FIMETARIALES. North American flora. vol 3(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
