Nectria seminicola (Seaver) Sacc. & Traverso 1911

Creonectria seminicola Seaver, Mycologia 1 : 191. 1909
Nectria seminicola Seaver, Mycologia 1 : 21, 1909.
Conidial phase consisting of white mycelial growth covering the substratum, finally heaping up at various points, forming pinkish stromata ; conidiophores erect, much branched, with branches ascending perpendicularly, each bearing at its summit a single ellipsoid, hyaline conidium ; conidia 5-7 X 2-3 //, with 1 or 2 oil-drops ; perithecia cespitose in dense clusters with the clusters often becoming confluent and covering the most of the exposed surface of the substratum ; individual perithecia nearly globose with a minute papilliform ostiolum, smooth or nearly so, 250// in diameter, at first flesh-colored to orange, fading in drying to pale-yellow or whitish; asci clavate, 40-50// long, 8-spored ; spores mostly 2-seriate or irregularly crowded, hyaline, 1-septate, a little constricted at the septum, 10-14X3-3.5//.
On partially decayed seeds of skunk cabbage, Spalhyema foetida (I^.) Raf., and also on seeds of cultivated beans partially decayed. Type locality : New York City. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.