PROPOLOMYCES Sherwood. Rhytismatales fam. incert. 1 Ukrainian species on various woody plants.

Propolomyces farinosus (Pers.) Sherwood Status. Native; 8 records since 26 October 1933. Months. June, July, September, October. Regions. Crimea, Kiev, Lviv, Zakarpatska. Habitat. Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris; on dead woody parts, including female conifer cones. Notes. The usually white hymenium of this common species helps to distinguish it in the field from Melittosporium versicolor, the only other member of this order known from Ukraine with ascomata deeply embedded in wood, and without a permanent upper ascomatal wall. Worldwide. Widespread and frequent in Europe and probably elsewhere on dead woody parts of many different plants. References. Johnston (1991) [description, illustration, as Propolomyces versicolor]; Minter & Dudka (1996) [Ukrainian records]; Morochovskii, Zerova, Lavitskaya & Smitskaya (1969) [Ukrainian records].