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Quaternaria quaternata (Pers.) J. Schröt., 1897 (a valsoid pyrenomycete)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Quaternaria quaternata	Fruitbody	7 October 2007	North Wiltshire	England		5	4
Quaternaria quaternata	Fruitbody	13 April 2005	South Hampshire	England		6	13
Quaternaria quaternata	Fruitbody	22 February 1998	Berks	England		6
Quaternaria quaternata?	Imperfect stage	23 September 1978	West Sussex	England	5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Quaternaria quaternata may also be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Quaternaria quaternata is associated with:

	Libertella coelomycetous anamorph, acervulus	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	subepidermal acervulus of Libertella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on trunk		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [conidia issuing in twisted, glistening honey-yellow tendrils or broad ribbon-like bands]
	Libertella coelomycetous anamorph, acervulus	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	subepidermal acervulus of Libertella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on branch		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [conidia issuing in twisted, glistening honey-yellow tendrils or broad ribbon-like bands]
	perithecium	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	immersed, stromatic, in groups of 2-5 perithecium is saprobic on freshly fallen, dead trunk		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	perithecium	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	immersed, stromatic, in groups of 2-5 perithecium is saprobic on freshly fallen, dead branch		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stroma	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	immersed, raising periderm in series of hemispherical bumps stroma is saprobic on freshly fallen, dead trunk		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	stroma	Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae)	immersed, raising periderm in series of hemispherical bumps stroma is saprobic on freshly fallen, dead branch		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Associated with Quaternaria quaternata:

		is parasitised by perithecium	Nectria episphaeria - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Nectriaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
	stroma	stroma is parasitised by solitary or gregarious perithecium	Calosphaeria parasitica - an ascomycete fungus (Calosphaeriales: Calosphaeriaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Quaternaria quaternata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References