Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Cordyceps parasitica (Wilid.) Seaver
Clavaria parasitica Willd. Fl. Berol. 405. 1787.
Clavaria radicosa Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 440,/. 2. 1789.
Sphaeria ophioglossoides 'B'hxh..; Pers. in Holsmk. Coryph. 144. 1797.
Sphaeria radicosa DC. Fl. Fr. 2 : 283. 1805.
Cordyceps ophioglossoides I,ink, Handb. 3 : 347. 1833.
Torrubia ophioglossoides Tul. Fung. Carp. 3 : 20. 1865.
Stromata solitary or very rarely cespitose, consisting of a slender, sterile stem and an enlarged, clavate, fertile head ; stem olivaceous, longitudinally striate, becoming very darkcolored in dried specimens, sending out numerous branching root-like fibers which surround the substratum and extend for some distance into the surrounding soil ; head clavate^ much enlarged, tapering often both above and below, dark-brown, becoming nearly black in drying and roughened by the protruding perithecia ; perithecia thickly scattered^ immersed or slightly protruding ; asci very long, often 300 //, and 8-10 ^ in diameter ; spores filiform, nearly as long as the ascus, many-septate and often breaking up into segments ; segments short, a little longer than broad, about 3-4 X 2-3 a. [VoiyUME 3
^^ NORTH AMERICAN FLORA
On species of Elaphomyces.
Type locality : Kurope.
Distribution : Ontario to Rhode Island and Virginia ; also in Hurope.
- 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
